It takes the average reader 2 hours and 17 minutes to read Roman Sports and Spectacles by Anne Mahoney
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Roman Sports and Spectacles: A Sourcebook contains numerous translations from the Latin, including famous authors, such as Cicero, Seneca, Tertullian and Augustine, and the not so famous, including graffiti, advertisements and tombstones to paint a world view of what sports Romans played and what they thought of them. The world of Roman sports was similar in many ways to our own, but there were significant differences. For one thing Roman sports centered during religious festivals and the participants were most often slaves. Roman sports were not team sports, but individual competitions. And sports like chariot racing and gladiatorial competitions were very dangerous. Each document includes an introduction to the source material.
Roman Sports and Spectacles by Anne Mahoney is 135 pages long, and a total of 34,425 words.
This makes it 46% the length of the average book. It also has 42% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 8 minutes to read Roman Sports and Spectacles aloud.
Roman Sports and Spectacles is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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