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Impact Rookie
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Southwest, DC
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Re: Roman gladiator cemetery found in England
awesome! the line, "It would seem highly unlikely that this individual was attacked by a tiger as he was walking home from the pub in York 2,000 years ago" made me laugh.
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Naega jeil jal naga
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Atlanta, Georgia From: Silver Spring, Maryland
Age: 41
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Re: Roman gladiator cemetery found in England
Did the guys uncovered in the burial sight fight in Rome or did they fight in arenas local to England under Roman rule? I can't imagine the stench of having to transport a body from Rome to England.
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Playmaker
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Ridgway, PA
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Re: Roman gladiator cemetery found in England
According to the Spartacus series on Starz, it seems that there were areans in cities throughout the Roman Empire. So I would believe that they were gladiators that fought in England as entertainment also...
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A Dude
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Age: 47
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Re: Roman gladiator cemetery found in England
Yeah, and each arena had it's own level of competition. Kind of like A, AA, AAA, or the majors. When you got to Rome, as a gladiator you had made the big show. You had to win your way through some lower levels before they'd let you compete before the emperor.
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