In the Lift the Lid on Gladiators kit, a 32-page book introduces readers to the city-state of Rome in its glory days, with detailed sections on gladiatorial training, combat, weapons, pageantry, and architecture of the Colosseum. The kit includes a realistic, scale-model gladiator figure with metallic helmet, sword, shield, and other pieces; Colosseum card model; calculi game board and playing pieces; foldout maps of the Roman Empire, and more!