Gladiators: Back from the Dead

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11:00 PM to 12:05 AM

Thursday 14 November

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Re-creating the world of the Roman arena, showing how gladiators lived, fought and died. The programme reveals how various types of fighters were trained in special schools, and follows archaeologists as they analyse weapon cut marks and large carnivore bites in skeletons whose remains were discovered in York in June 2010