Pompeii dig unearths fighting fresco in 'gladiators' tavern'
Well-preserved find on wall beneath stairwell is latest discovery at Regio V site
by Angela Giuffrida in Rome
Oct 11, 2019
1 minute
A well-preserved fresco depicting fighting gladiators has been unearthed by archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.
The scene is of the end of a fight between two types of gladiator – a murmillo and a Thracian – where one wins and the other succumbs.
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