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(Photo:  Life in the Roman world of Nero and St. Paul (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidlifeinromanworld00tuck) Year: 1910 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1910) (1910s (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1910) ) Authors:  Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George), 1859-1946 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorTucker__T__G___Thomas_George___1859_1946) Subjects:  Church history (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectChurch_history) Publisher:  London : Macmillan (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherLondon___Macmillan) Contributing Library:  Robarts - University of Toronto (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorRobarts___University_of_Toronto) Digitizing Sponsor:  University of Toronto (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorUniversity_of_Toronto) View Book Page: Book Viewer (https://archive.org/stream/lifeinromanworld00tuck/lifeinromanworld00tuck#page/n318/mode/1up) About This Book: Catalog Entry (https://archive.org/details/lifeinromanworld00tuck) View All Images: All Images From Book (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidlifeinromanworld00tuck) Click here to view book online (https://archive.org/stream/lifeinromanworld00tuck/lifeinromanworld00tuck#page/n318/mode/1up) to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: that the criminal should escape death,but only that he should be able to make a fight forhis life. Meanwhile the gladiators who fought withmen and not with beasts were in the position of pro-fessionals, who might be slaves, condemned brigands,mutineers, prisoners of war, or volunteers. Thepicture drawn bj^ Byron, although the so-calledDying Gladiator which inspired him is in reality nogladiator but a Gaulish warrior, perhaps fairly repre-sents one class of combatant, but it represents onlyone. In the case of these swordsmen a number ofsuccessful fights might in the end secure freedom andsomething more for slave or prisoner, and a competencefor the volunteer. It was not unnatural that menof courage and strength should frequently offer them-selves for this service. Their physical training wasindeed severe both in the way of exercise and ofdiet, and their personal treatment was harsh andignominious; but their fame, such as it might be, waswide, and their rewards often solid. Contemporary) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules http://johnbatchelorshow.com/blog Twitter: @BatchelorShow AG Barr vs the tantrums on the Left. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness http://hill.cm/ZfXdzqj