Scientists discover food that spectators can eat in gladiator fights in the Colosseum 27.11.2022, 15:55

Scientists from the University of Liverpool found numerous snacks in the sewers of the Colosseum. HeritageDaily.

The Colosseum is a huge amphitheater that can accommodate 65,000 spectators. Here they watched executions, game animals, theatrical performances and gladiator fights.

Excavations have been carried out here since January 2021: archaeologists are studying the remains of the amphitheater’s sewer system. A team of architects and archaeologists used robots to find bear and big cat bones, as well as pieces of figs, grapes, cherries, blackberries and walnuts.

The age of the snacks is estimated to be 1900 years. Archaeologists also BC 3-5. They uncovered 50 bronze coins dating to the 1st century BC (late Roman period) and a silver coin from 170-171 AD earlier. AD During the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

At the end of the 6th century AD, a small chapel was built on the structure of the amphitheater, and later a cemetery emerged here. And later, the monument was converted into a fortress to control the approaches to the commercial and residential complex, the Lateran Palace and the papal residence, and in the 14th century it became a haven for bandits.



Source: Gazeta

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