{"product_id":"9781847650450","title":"The Colosseum","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Colosseum was Imperial Rome's monument to warfare. Like a cathedral of death it towered over the city and invited its citizens, 50,000 at a time, to watch murderous gladiatorial games. It is now visited by two million visitors a year (Hitler was among them). Award winning classicist, Mary Beard with Keith Hopkins, tell the story of Rome's greatest arena: how it was built; the gladiatorial and other games that were held there; the training of the gladiators; the audiences who revelled in the games, the emperors who staged them and the critics. And the strange after story - the Colosseum has been fort, store, church, and glue factory.","brand":"Profile","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174481838320,"sku":"9781847650450","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781847650450_p0.jpg?v=1763748665","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781847650450","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}