Gladiators Awaiting Death

[Aetius]

Here is a cell where the Gladiators awaited death...

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/amphitheater-excavation-unearths-cell-where-gladiators-waited-for-death-fights/ar-AAQ3qbl?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

John

[Duncan Head]

The Richborough dig, as in http://soa.org.uk/sm/index.php?board=31.0

[Erpingham]

The Richborough dig, as in http://soa.org.uk/sm/index.php?board=31.0

It's interesting how the two pieces, clearly working from the same press pack, lead on the story.

CNN - cells and death fights.
Guardian - cats and decor

[Aetius]

The Richborough dig, as in http://soa.org.uk/sm/index.php?board=31.0

It's interesting how the two pieces, clearly working from the same press pack, lead on the story.

CNN - cells and death fights.
Guardian - cats and decor

The Romans are British history while in Canada and the US our history doesn't go back as far. European history in the Americas goes back 500 years so I think the cells and death fights are to grab the public's attention. Sorry this is posted twice I will try to be more careful...

John

[Erpingham]

Yes, I can see  "Dead cat found in hole in Kent, England" might not have excited the interest of the population of North America

[Aetius]

Yes, I can see  "Dead cat found in hole in Kent, England" might not have excited the interest of the population of North America

Indeed, with the exception of 'Crazy Cat Ladies' this story would have died a quick death... :-)

John

[Hannipaul]

  "in Canada and the US our history doesn't go back as far".  And here was me thinking that humans had been on the North American continent for over 30, 000 years.

[Erpingham]

  "in Canada and the US our history doesn't go back as far".  And here was me thinking that humans had been on the North American continent for over 30, 000 years.

To be fair to John, I assumed he was making a division between history and prehistory.  I don't think there is much Canadian history recorded before the 17th century (brief mentions in Icelandic sagas not withstanding).  Central and South America is a little different but I think indigenous historical records are still post-Roman.

[Aetius]

Yes, I was using the definition of history with which there were written records. European history in the Americas goes back about 500 years with the exception of the Vikings. First Nations Prehistory goes back at least to the last Ice Age but seems to have stayed in the Stone Age. However their social progress seems quite advanced. Europeans didn't seem to defeat them militarily at first but our diseases decimated them. Then we were more successful. The story of the First Nations in Canada and the US is fascinating albeit a sad one indeed...

John