Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
10.4
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
29754
Points per Word
0.000202
Page Count
96
Points per Page
0.0625
Series
Way People Live
Description
Thousands of men, women, and animals died gruesome deaths in Roman arenas like the famous Colosseum, while as many as a quarter of a million people packed the vast Circus Maximus to watch chariot races, Rome’s favorite sport.