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Showing posts with label Gladiators. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gladiators. Show all posts
Saturday, June 9, 2018

The Gladiators of Rome: Blood Sport in the Ancient Empire

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Ancient Origins The ancient Romans were well known for many things – their engineering marvels, their road networks, and the establish...
Saturday, December 30, 2017

Acta Diurna: The Telegraph of Ancient Rome, Bringing You All the Latest Gladiator Combat News

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Ancient Origins Roman emperor conquers new lands !’ ‘Five new ways to use your fish paste .’ ‘When do the stars say you will marry?’ ‘...
Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Ancient Rome – 6 burning questions

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History Extra Who founded Ancient Rome?  Like all ancient societies, the Romans possessed a heroic foundation story. What made the Ro...
Monday, July 10, 2017

Roman Gladiators Were War Prisoners and Criminals, Not Sporting Heroes

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Ancient Origins For centuries, the bloody gladiator conflicts that the Romans staged in amphitheatres throughout the empire have engro...
Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Who were gladiators in ancient Rome?

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History Extra Gladiatorial games were organised by the elite throughout the Roman empire in order to distract the population from the r...
Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Researchers Discover Gladiator Fans Had Souvenirs, Fast Food, and Fresh-Baked Treats at Their Fingertips

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Ancient Origins A team of archaeologists from Austria claim that they have uncovered the remnants of bakeries, fast-food stands, and sh...
Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Gladiators in Ancient Rome: how did they live and die?

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History Extra A retiarius (left) and secutor do battle in a mosaic. The former’s weapons consisted of a barbed trident and weighted net...
Friday, June 3, 2016

History Trivia - Nepotianus enters Rome

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June 3  350  Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaimed himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a gr...
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Unraveling the Origins of the Roman Sword Discovered Off Oak Island

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Ancient Origins Last month, we reported on the startling discovery of a Roman ceremonial sword off Oak Island , located on the south sh...
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Timeline: The rise and fall of the Roman games

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History Extra A heroic charioteer is immortalised in bronze. © BAL 753 BC  The traditional date given for the first chari...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Gladiator Colosseum Found in Tuscany

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Discovery News Italian archaeologists have unearthed remains of an oval structure that might represent the most important Roman amp...
Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Dig uncovers gladiatorial ring in an ancient Cilician city of Turkey

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Ancient Origins Dig uncovers gladiatorial ring in an ancient Cilician city of Turkey The long reach of the Roman Empire was felt i...