Huge Gladiator School Found Buried in Austria

Archaeologists working outside Vienna, Austria, have discovered the remains of a huge school for ancient Roman gladiators. This school is so complex, that that it rivals the training grounds outside Rome's Colosseum. Archaeologists have found out the remains of wooden training dummies and the first well known gladiators cemetery on the grounds of the ludus. It occupied about 200,000 square feet or 19,000 square meters. Even if excavators never turn over a single shovelful of dirt at the site, the Carnuntum ludus "is a powerful reminder of how the cultures of the empire's urban centers are linked together," said Haynes, who isn’t part of the Carnuntum research. This is all truly amazing.