"Culture Ministry officials said that medieval pottery shards in the city of the dead, or necropolis, show the area may have been inhabited by the living during the Dark Ages after being used for centuries for burials during the Roman period."
The same AP report discusses some other digs in the area, including the mausoleum of an important aide to Marcus Aurelius and the imperial residences on Palatine Hill.
Is this servant of Marcus Aurelius the guy that they think Gladiator may have been based on?
ReplyDeleteMarie was telling us last night about how they think they may have found the tomb of the guy that inspired the movie.
@dkuehn,
ReplyDeleteYes, the papers here in Italy say they think it is.