I couldn't find any GPR pictures of the ruins, but I did find this picture of a statue of Jupiter Dolichenus unearthed at Carnuntum.Thick walls surround 11,000 square meters (13,160 sq. yards) of the site, and the school and its adjacent buildings stretch over 2,800 square meters ((3,350 square yards).
Inside, a courtyard was ringed by living quarters and other buildings and contained a round, 19-square meter (23-square yard) training area — a small stadium overlooked by wooden seats and the terrace of the chief trainer.
The complex also contained about 40 tiny sleeping cells for the gladiators; a large bathing area; a training hall with heated floors and assorted administrative buildings. Outside the walls, radar scans show what archeologists believe was a cemetery for those killed during training
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Gladiator School
Model of a school for gladiators discovered using ground-penetrating radar at Carnuntum in modern Austria:
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