<p>Rufus is a Roman boy who excitedly awaits an upcoming fight featuring the best gladiator, Crixaflamma.</p>

<p>After a victorious gladiatorial combat in the Flavian Amphitheater (i.e., Colosseum), Crixaflamma's weapons suddenly go missing!</p>

<p>Can Rufus help find the missing weapons?</p>

</p><ul><li>Level: Beginner Early</li><li>Headwords: 66</li><li>Word Forms: 192</li><li>Total Words: 1431</li></ul>

<p>Storybase Books publishes books that help beginners learn Latin and Greek by reading. Our novellas use limited vocabulary to tell engaging stories that are accessible to novice- and intermediate-level readers. Meanings for many words are provided in footnotes, and a full index of all words, word forms, and phrases is included in each novella. Readers can thus read each novella on their own, with others, or with a class.</p>