Petronell–Carnuntum, 6 September 2011, Art Media Agency (AMA).
The remains of a roman gladiator training school have been revealed in Carnuntum in Austria by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Archeology. Dating back over 1700 years, the vestiges have been reproduced through a virtual video.
Carnuntun, capital of the Romanian province Pannonie, is situated on the banks of the Danube between Vienna and Bratislava. During the Antiquity, it was an important stop along the Amber Road and it owes its name to the autochthonous group of Romans.
The schools ruins were discovered through the use of radar imagery and reveal how gladiators lived in tiny cells, hardly big enough to move around in. Rivalling the discovery of the Ludus Magnus – the biggest ever gladiator school in Rome – experts plan claim that it will unveil even more detail and information. Its thick walls enclose 11,000 m² of ground and, on the inside, a courtyard is surrounded by living quarters, various different buildings and a training arena.
The starting date for excavation work has not yet been announced.