Amphitheatre

Caerleon Roman Day – 1st July 06 Filmed at Caerleon Roman amphitheatre in south Wales,this film looks at a Gladiator re-enactment group called Ars Dimicandi,whos name literally means ‘the art of combat’These Italian athletes have no staged moves,they fight for real. To hell with health and safety!…

Uncategorized Amphitheatre, Ars, Athletes, Caerleon, Crap, Dimicandi, Each, Fit, Gladiators, Half, Italian, Knock, Men, Naked, Of, Ooh, Out, Roman, The, To, Trying, Wales, Young

Most Roman towns in Britain continued to exist after the end of the Roman era, and consequently their remains underlay their more recent successors, which are often still major population centres. Calleva is unusual in that, for reasons unknown, it was abandoned shortly after the end of the Roman era. There is a suggestion that the Saxons deliberately avoided Calleva after it was abandoned, prefer…

Uncategorized Amphitheatre, Ancient, Archaeology, Atrebatum, Britain, Calleva, England, Gladiator, Gladiators, Hampshire, Roman, Silchester, Town

Gladiators have been proving that they can still pull the crowds in Switzerland, 2000 years after their heyday. At a spectacle in the Roman amphitheatre in Martigny, the audience got ready with their thumbs to seal the fate of the competitors……

Uncategorized Amphitheatre, Fight, Gladiators, Martigny, Roman, Swiss, Swtzerland