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The idea of a Roman gladiator taking on a lion might sound like something from the recent blockbuster, Gladiator II. But it was a reality for one brave fighter 1,800 years ago - and we're not ...
Austrian ruins previously known as the Desolate Castle were actually once a Roman bridgehead fort. The site served as a strategic trade crossing for the Danube River as part of the historic Amber ...
It's the first physical evidence of gladiator-animal combat in the Roman Empire. Forced to fight animals and each other for entertainment, gladiators loom large in the public imagination of the ...
If you haven’t run out of Roman history steam, hop on the 121 bus from Nîmes train station and take a half-hour trip to Pont du Gard. Pont du Gard is a three-tiered aqueduct that stands over ...
The skeleton was one of 82 excavated in a 2004 dig at the Driffield Terrace cemetery in York, one of the only known Roman-era burial grounds thought to have been used for gladiatorial combatants.
Mats Hummels gave an interview to the microphones of the Lega Serie A. The defender - who announced his retirement at the end of this season - talked about his adventure in the capital, Juric, and ...
The CAP is a system of pipes, tunnels and aqueducts designed to bring water from the river to Indigenous communities and populous regions of the state. Kathryn Sorensen, director of research at ...
Concrete played an important part in Roman building, helping them construct structures like aqueducts that included arches. Students could make an illustrated list of the inventions made by Romans ...
Ice Time (USA) 12-1 (8-13) 3-4w upper, no impact, 9th of 11, 16 1/2l behind Quiet Wisdom (8-13) at Aqueduct 1m fst in Apr. Active Duty (USA) 10-1 (8-13) Chased ins, mild kick, 2nd of 11, 4l behind ...