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A Gladiator’s Marble-Etched Epitaph Is Found in an Ancient Roman NecropolisThe graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.
Archaeologists in Italy have recently discovered ancient Roman tombs while excavating a necropolis, including one with a ...
The deceased were interred there in several ways, including funerary urns set within about 20 plastered niches cut into the ...
At a site not far from an ancient forum and amphitheater once used to host Roman gladiators, archaeologists discovered an ...
VIENNA -- As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an ...
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2,000-Year-Old Roman Gladiator Arena Uncovered In Turkey"[The] triumphal arc, which was built in the 3rd century in memory of the Roman Empire's victory against the Persians, looks ...
Successful gladiators were the movie stars of the first century – so famous that free ... gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization. Given they belonged to ...
Archaeologists uncovered a Roman gladiator’s tomb in ancient Liternum shedding light on burial customs and daily life in ...
Excavations at a necropolis outside of Liternum, near modern-day Naples, have found two ornate funerary enclosures.
By the first century, gladiators were in such high demand that even Roman citizens began volunteering to fight. It seems a violent death was a risk worth taking for them. VIII. The strangest ...
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