Saturday our whole group took a field trip to some Roman ruins north of Sevilla. They are only a 10 or 15 minute bus ride away. My history profesor (and also the director of the TTU Center in Seville) told us about the ruins beforehand, so when he explained to everybody again, I was bored and ignored him. I'm just being truthful...
Anyways, Italica was a city founded by the Romans after they conquered the area. It was established in 206 B.C.and it was the first Roman city in the Iberian Peninsula. Really old and amazing stuff.
I tried to do the place justice with my photographs, but it's more something that you have to look at yourself.
-clh
Where do the tunnels go? Awesome pics by the way!!!
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the tunnels are under the seating and eventually connect to the big hole that is in the middle of the arena. That would have been covered in wooden planks and dirt to make the arena floor uniform in look. That hole is where the animals were caged and where the gladiators were prepped for fighting.
ReplyDeleteThe animals would have been herded from that space through the tunnels and up to a archway(doorway) to the arena floor.
very cool.
ReplyDeleteCamera loves old rocks...
ReplyDeleteAwesome pictures. Btw, have you started Baron in the Trees yet? It's fun. I read it last week instead of studying for comps.
I am glad you made it out to a Roman settlement. Thanks for the pictures.
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ReplyDeleteIt is pretty cool that Italica is less than 10 miles from Sevilla. The Romans traveled far.