Huge Gladiator School Found Buried in Austria

In this article they talk about an amazing new discovery. In Austria Franz Humer the scientific director of Carnuntum Archaeogical Park and Stephen Dyson an expert on the history and archaeology of the roman empire and many more researcher have found a Gladiator school in Austria.

This school is enormous! It's said to be about the size of 2 Walmart to all those americans out there specifically 200,000 square feet ( 19000 square meters). The researchers suspect that the school was  built around A.D 150 during the reign of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius also the same period of time as the 13000 person amphitheatre.

Now for the big secret! How did could they have possibly found this place?

The Archaeologists detected the magnificent artifact with tractor- mounted radar equipment that penetrates the earth to produce three dimensional images of buried object that you can see on a computer.
They suspected something suspicious when the radar revealed a range of subterranean structures around a central courtyard. The most fascinating this is that they were able to see tiny dormitories to massive rooms with floor heating. Im guessing that the students stayed in the tiny dormitories while the trainers and maybe the king who would visit maybe every once in a while would get the massive rooms. Around was a small amphitheater were the gladiators could practice their moves. In the amphitheater there were bleachers and also in the arena. Humer one of the researchers predicated that most of the gladiators were actually slaves.

If i recall i didn't mention that it is actually based vey close to the river bank of the Danube river in Austria.

This is what the school looks like in google sketch up.

AMAZING ISN'T IT!!!

How do historians learn about the past?

Historians learn about the past from sources. Sources are a part of historical evidence. There are many types of sources, such as written and non-written. Written sources are obviously things that have writing such as Tombs, Songs, Speeches and posters etc.  Non- written are those that have no writing including Drawings, Bodies, Fossils, Artifacts and Cities.

After the Historians have found the source they must evaluate the sources, by Questioning the source and finding the time of origin. The questions that the historians ask are; Who was the writer, What kind of source is it, when was it produced and why was the source produced?
Time or origin means When it was created? My first thought was, " Oh their telling me to say 3000 B.C and prehistory. Brut no it is looking for the primary source and secondary source. Primary source is a sources that was created at the time of the event. Secondary source is a source created after the event.
One of the famous writers had written about the volcano eruption in pompei at the exact time he was writing as he was seeing it with his own eyes, this would be a example of a primary source.

The steps that historians must go through are

1st: GATHER a variety of sources
2nd: CATEGORIZE sources ( non- written, written)
3rd: EVALUATE sources ( asking questions, time of origin)
4th: INTERPRET sources (point of view)
5th: SHARE their findings(theories)

In the past, where did humans tend to settle and why?

In the past, where did humans tend to settle and why?


Peoples jobs often affected where they would live. In the past people mostly depended on their land for their jobs (farming specifically) . People are influenced where to live by topography and climate of the area. 
The 3 main things people look for in an area is

• Level land areas
• Climate is warm
• Lots of rain

Climate is the general pattern of weather in an area over time.
Topography is the study of the physical features in an area( mountains, valleys, rivers lakes)

Farmers NEED ; fertile land with lots of water/ rain and of course a long growing season.

When the land cant adapt to the people the people have to adapt or modify the land. If that is not possible they are forced to move. That area no longer is any use to them.

There are 3 main types of movement:

1.Temporary: going to and fro
Cyclic Movement: type of movement that happens over and over again.

2. Periodic: Moving to a new place and staying there for a period of time ( Most farmers do this type of movement)

3. Migration: People leaving their homeland to live permanently in another place ( sometimes this happens with farmers, the land could be just perfect)

The most densely populated areas are the ones that have great growing seasons, lots of rain and obviously
 LAND!!