Gravestones helped identify the site as a gladiator graveyard
Posted on 05/02/2007 8:13:08 AM PDT by bedolido
Scientists believe they have for the first time identified an ancient graveyard for gladiators.
Analysis of their bones and injuries has given new insight into how they lived, fought and died.
The remains were found at Ephesus in Turkey, a major city of the Roman world, BBC Timewatch reports.
Gladiators were the sporting heroes of the ancient world. Archaeological records show them celebrated in everything from mosaics to graffiti.
Gravestones helped identify the site as a gladiator graveyard
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Wasn’t that monument originally in front of the center field wall in Yankee Stadium?
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