Collapse Home of the Gladiators at Pompeii
In the Street of Abundance, in the archaeological excavations of Pompeii, the whole collapses Schola Armaturarum Juventis Pompey (The House of the Gladiators) a building dating from the last years of the city 'Roman before the eruption of Vesuvius buried it.
The collapse and 'took place at around 6 o'clock and it' was noticed by guards just arrived at work at about 7.30. The area currently closed to tourists for investigations indicate that cause and responsibility.
E 'was prepared an alternative route for the many tourists who daily throng the streets of the ancient city.
The house according to the scholars had to act as a seat of a military association and storage of armor. The large dining room where they trained gladiator was closed with a wooden gate. On one of the walls appeared to collections containing racks of the same fixtures that were in fact found
The painted decoration, lost in the collapse, called on the military character of the building: trophies of arms, palm leaves, winged victories, candlesticks and golden globes. The house was not currently open to the inside, but could be observed only from outside.
It 's not just a wall collapsed, but the entire Schola Armaturarum Juventis Pompey, a building dating from the last years of the city' Roman before the eruption buried it.
The collapse, according to initial investigations, and 'took place at around 6 o'clock and it' was noticed by guards just arrived at work at about 7.30. The area at the time and 'fenced and not' can be accessed.
The Domus' on the main street, Abundance, the one most traveled by tourists, in the direction of Port Amphitheater. Prepared an alternative route for many tourists.
The house according to the scholars had to act as a seat of a military association and storage of armor. The large dining room where they trained gladiator was closed with a wooden gate. On one of the walls appeared to collections containing racks of the same fixtures that were in fact found in the excavation.
The painted decoration, lost in the collapse, called on the military character of the building: trophies of arms, palm leaves, winged victories, candlesticks and golden globes. The house was not currently open to the inside, but could be observed only from outside.





