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Mausoleum with Gladiator’s Epitaph Discovered in Imperial Roman Colony in Southern Italy
In the southern Italian region of Campania, excavations in a known Roman colony called Liternum have uncovered a necropolis of substantial historic interest containing a gladiator’s tomb bearing an inscription in his honor. One of the most romanticized of all ancient warrior societies, the mausoleum where the inscription was found suggests that these gladiators could […] The post Mausoleum with Gladiator’s Epitaph Discovered in Imperial Roman Co…
Necropolis and Gladiator Tomb Located in Roman Liternum - Archaeology Magazine
Mausoleum, Liternum, Italy LITERNUM, ITALY—According to a La Brújula Verde report, Italian archaeologists unearthed an ancient necropolis at Liternum outside of modern-day Naples. Liternum was a Roman colony founded in the second century b.c. and was famously home to the Roman general and statesman Scipio Africanus. Across an area of 180 square yards, the team unearthed two funerary enclosures and a sacred well used for religious and ceremonial …
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