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Sat 02 Feb 2010Route of a rebel gladiator
HISTORY:JOHN DILLONreviews On the Spartacus Road: A Spectacular Journey through Ancient Italyby Peter Slothard, Harper Press, 353pp, £18.99
THIS IS, oddly enough, the second book in the past six months I have had the pleasure of reviewing that involves a journey on foot by a distinguished journalist of classical background through parts of the Roman Empire. Perhaps this is catching on. It is a good idea.
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