Unique Roman gladiator ruins revealed in Austria.

Physorg ^ | 09/05/11 | George Jahn

[Winstons Julia]

The Carnuntum ruins are part of a city of 50,000 people 28 miles (45 kilometers) east of Vienna that flourished about 1,700 years ago, a major military and trade outpost linking the far-flung Roman empire's Asian boundaries to its central and northern European lands. Mapped out by radar, the ruins of the gladiator school remain underground. Yet officials say the find rivals the famous Ludus Magnus - the largest of the gladiatorial training schools in Rome - in its structure. And they say the Austrian site is even more detailed than the well-known Roman ruin, down to the remains of a thick wooden post in the middle of the training area, a mock enemy that young, desperate gladiators hacked away at centuries ago. "(This is) a world sensation, in the true meaning of the word," said Lower Austrian provincial Governor Erwin Proell.

[Robert A Cook PE]

South Chicago, IL; Brooklyn, NY; Baltimore MD:
Training grounds for the new urban thugs (er, proles)?

Bread and circus!

[Revolting cat!]

How did the Romans make it to Australia?

[Winstons Julia]

They swam because Foster’s is Roman for beer.

[decimon]

How did the Romans make it to Australia?

Qantus.

[SunkenCiv]

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[beebuster2000]

and usually fought until they died.

Usually? not always? some fought on after death?

[Winstons Julia]

I did not write the article.

I assume it means that some fought and did not die.

[Verginius Rufus]

I'm trying to remember if cangarus was treated as second declension or fourth declension by the Romans. Was it unus cangarus, duo cangari or unus cangarus, duo cangarus? Or maybe it was a third declension noun: unus cangarus, duo cangarodes.

Coala is easier--obviously first declension.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Vienna is in Australia? Next you’ll tell me New Zealand has a Prague.

[TwoSwords]

You can’t win here. We make the lib’s look like killer rabbits.

[Winstons Julia]

The liberals have a look?

Are you wanting me to nightmare about the vampire rabbits getting out of the hutches?

[TwoSwords]

I, hop hop, want, hop hop, your blood.

[TruthConquers]

Some won their freedom, and would be given a wooden gladius.

[Winstons Julia]

Aww... you are so cute. Who could possibly deny you?

[TwoSwords]

A .22 for a start.

[Winstons Julia]

For a zombie bunny? You could really do with something less.

[Rembrandt]

Peter Graves: Son, do you enjoy gladiator movies?

[TwoSwords]

There’s a lot of them. Distance is preferred.

[Winstons Julia]

But if you are far away, how do you tell the zombie bunnies from the innocents?