Pompeii is to stage gladiator fights
and legionary drills on three Sundays this spring and summer for
visitors paying an extra five euros over the entry fee.
The gladiators will recreate ancient combat, pomp and
circumstance in the Roman site's amphitheatre for the delight of
all on April 7, May 19 and September 8, while it will also be
possible to see a centurion form up his troops and oversee
training in the art of the gladius, their short stabbing sword.
Legionaries will also link up in the famed 'testudo' attacking
formation, named after a tortoise shell, which helped them win
so many of their famous victories.
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