12-30-2008, 09:26 PM
Many thanks for posting this interesting article. Indeed I had hold a lecture about military amphitheaters for the 2007 RAT Conference and used as a reference for British amphitheaters the book "Roman Amphitheatres in England and Wales" but it does not list the one in Edinburgh. Maybe the new edition of this book should be called "Roman ATs in Great Britain" :lol:
Anyhow it does not surprise me much that they found one even at this remote spot at the Antonine Wall. They did have these wooden amphitheaters for entertainment of the troops at many forts (legionary and auxiliary) and the gladiator troupes there were most likely itinerant ones traveling through the provinces.
Anyhow it does not surprise me much that they found one even at this remote spot at the Antonine Wall. They did have these wooden amphitheaters for entertainment of the troops at many forts (legionary and auxiliary) and the gladiator troupes there were most likely itinerant ones traveling through the provinces.
