Archaeologists unearth unexpected find inside a tomb likely belonging to a Roman gladiator

[Pelican Press 0]

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Archaeologists unearth unexpected find inside a tomb likely belonging to a Roman gladiator

In

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

discovered the tomb of a Roman gladiator dating back to the third century B.C., with the ******** of 12 individuals inside.

The tomb was unearthed during the excavation of St. John Monument in Selcuk, Izmir, Turkey, according to Türkiye Today. The excavation was authorized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and led by associate professor Sinan Mimaroglu from Hatay Mustafa Kemal University’s Department of Art History, according to the source.

While the tomb was from the third century B.C., it was determined that it was later reused during the fifth century A.D., to hold the ******** of the 12 men and women, Türkiye Today reported.

data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==

A tomb belonging to a Roman gladiator, which was much later used again for the ******** of 12 individuals, was unearthed by archaeologists in Turkey.

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

******* in the tomb was named Euphrates, per the source. In ancient Roman times, gladiators were professional fighters who engaged in battle in front of crowded arenas.

Many early gladiators were enslaved peoples and those who committed *******, though that wasn’t always the case, History.com reported. With the growing popularity of these battles, men began to voluntarily sign up to participate, according to the source.

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Gladiators would typically engage in one on one combat, under the monitoring of a referee, according to The Colosseum’s website. While early battles were often fought to the ******, this less commonly became the case as the games continued, and as fighters underwent intense and expensive training and were costly to replace, according to the source.

data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==

Roman gladiators fought ******* battles in arenas full of spectators.

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Historians estimate that around one in five or one in 10 battles ended in the ****** of one combatant, according to History.com. Many gladiators only lived to their mid-20s, per the source.

Tombs similar to the one belonging to Euphrates have been found in Istanbul, Marmara Island and Syria, according to Türkiye Today.

Inside the

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

there were crosses carved within, dating back to the fifth century, as well as on the lid, which are thought to have been added during the seventh and eighth centuries, according to the source.

data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==

The tomb was found at St. John Monument in Selcuk, Izmir, Turkey.

Not much is known about the 12 who were ******* inside the tomb, but it’s believed they came from an upper-class background.

“The burials inside the ******* likely belong to the upper class or clergy, as it’s unlikely an ordinary person would be ******* in such a meticulous manner within a *******,” Mimaroglu said, per Türkiye Today.

The

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

in many different ways, including giving researchers more knowledge of the ancient city of Ephesus as well as ancient burial practices, the source notes.

Original article source:

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

#Archaeologists #unearth #unexpected #find #tomb #belonging #Roman #gladiator

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up