Entry 2: The Roman Mysteries-The Gladiator of Capua By Caroline Lawrence
For the inauguration of the amphitheatres, Titus organizes gladiator fights and invites with Flavia, Nubia and Lupus. They accept.
Jonathan is at a gladiator school now. There he learns to fight with the sword.
His friends are at Flavia's uncle house.
The next day they go to the games and see many blood fights. Nubia catches a lottery ball and her prize is A GLADIATOR. In the next fight she sees her brother. That night she goes to see him and asks if he wants to be free again. But he doesn't.
The next morning, they see Jonathan in a fight: he wins!
Then they go and talk to him and find out that he calls himself Ira. But also Jonathan does not want to be free and sends them away. Flavia and Nubia are very sad and cry alot...
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