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For centuries gladiators have been seen as legendary figures of the Ancient World. Our knowledge of their lives has been based largely on speculation, until now. For the past five years two forensi...c anthropologists have looked at thousands of bones found in a mass grave in Turkey. They now reveal their scientific findings. For the first time science is offering proof of how gladiators lived, how they fought and exactly how they died.
For centuries gladiators have been seen as legendary figures of the Ancient World. Our knowledge of their lives has been based largely on speculation, until now. For the past five years two forensi...c anthropologists have looked at thousands of bones found in a mass grave in Turkey. They now reveal their scientific findings. For the first time science is offering proof of how gladiators lived, how they fought and exactly how they died.
| Series: | Timewatch |
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| First transmission date: | 11-05-2007 |
| Published: | 2007 |
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| Duration: | 00:48:03 |
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| Producer: | Paul Elston |
| Contributors: | Kathlee Coleman; J. C Coulston; Karl Grossschmidt; Marcu Junkelmann; Fabian Kanz; Michae Praed; Charlott Roberts; Charlotte Roueche; Stanley Wood |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | BBC Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/timewatch/index.shtml OU Website: http://www.open2.net/timewatch/index.html |
| Subject terms: | Gladiators; Romans--Europe |
| Production number: | LSGB860E |
| Videofinder number: | 7447 |
| Available to public: | no |
