Gladiatrix Len Green Those familiar with Barnie’s work

Those familiar with Barnie’s work will enjoy having a selection from his varied output

He has also written three novels (two published and one forthcoming)

and also to the fore is the best poetry in translation

Errol John

Gladiatrix Len Green Those familiar with Barnie’s workUnder the Flavian Emperors the Roman publics hunger for gladiatorial combat has never been greater. The Emperor Domitians passion for novelty and variety in the arena has given rise to a very different kind of warrior: the Gladiatrix. Sole survivor of a shipwreck off the coast of Asia Minor, Lysandra finds herself the property of Lucius Balbus, owner of the foremost Ludus for female gladiators in the Eastern Empire. Lysandra, a member of an ancient