Mayo Purnell: 2 books

Set in the later Roman Empire, Roman Animal Trapper is the story of a man who traps animals for the games in the Colosseum. His plan to trap in the tiger-rich forest lands bordering the Caspian Sea thwarted by the Sassanid Persians, who are making war on Roman outposts in what is now Iraq, the story...

222 A.D. ... The Roman Empire is decaying, and the spectacles in the Colosseum are the Roman mob's only emotional outlet. Though their thirst for the sadistic and perverse has mounted through the years, there is still one man whose feats of strength and skill in the Arena have made him a hero...