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When gladiator “umps” made bad calls

This interesting article is in The Daily Mail.  Very cool stuff about gladiators and tombstones. Roman gladiator’s gravestone blames poor refereeing for losing a key battle (and his life) Scientist finally decodes epitaph on tombstone By Daily Mail Reporter His … Read More

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Lions and tigers and bears

For those of you with any archeological interests… and I don’t mean liberal liturgists… From Reuters: Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! (Reuters) – Archaeologists believe they may have found the world’s best-preserved gladiator cemetery after noticing animal bite … Read More

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