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Tomb of "the Gladiator" found?!
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10-19-2008, 04:59 PM
Check this out:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7675633.stm
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10-23-2008, 07:51 AM
I manage to find a transcript of his tomb inscription:

[M (arco) NONI]O M(arci) FIL(io) FABI[A MAC]RINO [...]
COMITI LEG IMP ANTONINI AVG EX [...]
CITERIORIS ITEM PANNONIAE SUP[ERIORIS] [...]
PROVINCAE ASIAE QVAESTO[R]
[PA]TRI (? ) OPTIMO ET FLAVI [AE?] [...]
M(arcus) NONIV[S] [...]

http://adrianmurdoch.typepad.com/my_web ... ius-1.html
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