Those Who Are about to Die: A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator Miranda July The winner of the prestigious

The winner of the prestigious Rooney Prize for Irish Literature

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Those Who Are about to Die: A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator Miranda July The winner of the prestigiousONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF 2025 See ancient Rome through the eyes of a gladiator from the evening before the games at the Colosseum to the evening after "A grippingly original way of making the alien world of the Roman Amphitheatre both accessible and comprehensible." Tom Holland, co host of The Rest is History What did a gladiator feel when he stepped out onto the sand of the Colosseum, his life in the balance? What ran through the minds of