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New Gladiator Arena in Austria - Doc - 08-31-2011
I apologize if this has already been posted. But a friend sent this link to me.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/aug/30/archaeologists-uncover-amphitheatre-gladiators-vienna
Re: New Gladiator Arena in Austria - rononmaximus - 08-31-2011
I was just reading this, hopefully there will be more information and maybe some pictures soon.
Re: New Gladiator Arena in Austria - rononmaximus - 09-10-2011
More info about this since there was a press conference and a presentation of what they found.
Unique Roman gladiator ruins unveiled in Austria
Re: New Gladiator Arena in Austria - Medusa Gladiatrix - 09-10-2011
I got some links for you on this interesting topic, the first one being in English (the most detailed I came across so far):
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2011/gladiator-school-discovered-in-carnuntum
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,784360,00.html
http://derstandard.at/1315005480799/Die-Gladiatorenschule-von-Carnuntum
Nonetheless the two articles in German have many photos and reconstruction drawings so they are worthwile checking out even if you don't speak German.
Re: New Gladiator Arena in Austria - Titus Marius Secundus - 09-10-2011
Huh, that's pretty cool. I wonder how many guesses they made to recreate it :roll:
:-P
Re: New Gladiator Arena in Austria - rononmaximus - 09-11-2011
Thank you for the new links, very interesting read.