Posted on 11/25/2022 4:23:59 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists have discovered some ancient Roman leftovers while digging around in the sewers of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.
They found seeds from figs, grapes and melons, as well as traces of olives and walnuts, thought to have been left by snacking spectators 1,900 years ago.
Fragments of bones from ferocious animals that fought for their lives in the Roman arena were also unearthed in 230 feet (70 m) of searched drains.
The Colosseum is 2,000-year-old stone ampitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian Emperors of the Roman Empire around 70 AD...
The results of the study by the Colosseum Archaeological Park were presented by its director, Alfonsina Russo, in the Curia Iulia on Thursday...
Her team began their investigation in January to better understand the hydraulic functioning of the sewers underneath the southern part of the 2,000-year-old amphitheatre.
Scientists from Roma Sotterranea used wire-guided robots to navigate the drainage system and document any finds from the final years of the Colosseum's use as an entertainment venue.
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It was a combination of “bread & circuses” advertising money and gladiator’s agents negotiating those big contracts that ruined the sport.
The upper class booth for me, near the Emperor.
And they drank 16 Denarius beers.
It wasn’t a documentary, but they did a decent job with the historical trappings — that battle at the beginning was really well done, imho.
You can say that again. I can’t, but you can. ;^)
Yeah, the price has really gone up.
https://theconversation.com/we-brewed-an-ancient-graeco-roman-beer-and-heres-how-it-tastes-94362
The smell of the crowd (in the street, in the arena, at the races, pretty much everywhere) would still have been bad, but it would be cool to be near the Emperor, assuming one had the good sense not to make eye contact.
I guess the Lions were undefeated, and I do wonder if the spectators threw snowballs at Santa Claus there? 🤓
Martinis and trail mix.
It is said that he movie theaters had a certain aroma before air conditioning.
There were public urinals, set up and operated by the fullers, because urine was used to process wool. Emperor Vespasian, the builder of the Colosseum (he didn’t finish it, but his son did) implemented a tax on those, the story will turn up on FR once in a while, or in a web search. There were also crappers in the public baths.
Here’s some whiner whining about how bad they were:
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/01/ancient-roman-toilets-gross/423072/
Absolutely fascinating. It's been a lifelong dream to go to Italy and visit the ancient ruins; Rome, Herculaneum, Pompeii etc.
Not if it was a Lion *named* Santa Claws.
/rimshot
Are you not entertained? That’s the mane thing.
Some of that “trail mix” recovered looks like it could be planted and grown. :^)
Or now. :^)
Indeed. Stale popcorn and pot vapours.
“Larks’ tongues”
But were they in aspic?
Hey, you go to the games, you might want a snack and a bevvie.
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