Dr. Zosia Archibald

We do have a lot of information about elite burials. And when we talk about the elite, as I said, we're actually talking about quite a large social group because they seem to represent local leadership, dynasties or social groups. But there are collective burials. There are secondary burials within these tumuli, not necessarily regularly, but they do exist.

We do have a lot of information about elite burials. And when we talk about the elite, as I said, we're actually talking about quite a large social group because they seem to represent local leadership, dynasties or social groups. But there are collective burials. There are secondary burials within these tumuli, not necessarily regularly, but they do exist.

On the other hand, we know very little about the burial of what we would call ordinary people. We don't have extensive cemeteries until later in the Hellenistic age and the Roman Empire. And even then, they're not really as common as we would like them to be. So there's a lack of comparison. We don't quite know what to do with this What happened to everybody else?

On the other hand, we know very little about the burial of what we would call ordinary people. We don't have extensive cemeteries until later in the Hellenistic age and the Roman Empire. And even then, they're not really as common as we would like them to be. So there's a lack of comparison. We don't quite know what to do with this What happened to everybody else?

On the other hand, we know very little about the burial of what we would call ordinary people. We don't have extensive cemeteries until later in the Hellenistic age and the Roman Empire. And even then, they're not really as common as we would like them to be. So there's a lack of comparison. We don't quite know what to do with this What happened to everybody else?

Were they actually buried in some other manner? We just don't really know enough about that. That's something else that people ought to think about, not just thinking about the elite.

Were they actually buried in some other manner? We just don't really know enough about that. That's something else that people ought to think about, not just thinking about the elite.

Were they actually buried in some other manner? We just don't really know enough about that. That's something else that people ought to think about, not just thinking about the elite.

Oh, certainly. It was a major province and And the major centers, the big urban foci of Thrace, actually flourished to an extraordinary degree. And Thrace was even the source of some of the later emperors. So this partly reflects the way in which the Eastern Mediterranean was refocused. in response to external threats. But under the Roman Empire, Thrace is a very successful region.

Oh, certainly. It was a major province and And the major centers, the big urban foci of Thrace, actually flourished to an extraordinary degree. And Thrace was even the source of some of the later emperors. So this partly reflects the way in which the Eastern Mediterranean was refocused. in response to external threats. But under the Roman Empire, Thrace is a very successful region.

Oh, certainly. It was a major province and And the major centers, the big urban foci of Thrace, actually flourished to an extraordinary degree. And Thrace was even the source of some of the later emperors. So this partly reflects the way in which the Eastern Mediterranean was refocused. in response to external threats. But under the Roman Empire, Thrace is a very successful region.

It's a province that continues to flourish. It has very big cities. It has an educated and successful population. So this really takes forward that whole history of urban development that began much earlier. There are Thracian gladiators who fight in a particular way And this is a bit different in style from what we find earlier.

It's a province that continues to flourish. It has very big cities. It has an educated and successful population. So this really takes forward that whole history of urban development that began much earlier. There are Thracian gladiators who fight in a particular way And this is a bit different in style from what we find earlier.

It's a province that continues to flourish. It has very big cities. It has an educated and successful population. So this really takes forward that whole history of urban development that began much earlier. There are Thracian gladiators who fight in a particular way And this is a bit different in style from what we find earlier.

But perhaps the development of the Thracian gladiator owes something to the story of Spartacus and his great reputation as a leader of the slave revolt in 73 to 71 BC. The story of Spartacus has obviously been an enormous inspiration for people then and since. I was surprised how many references there are, even in Cicero to Spartacus.

But perhaps the development of the Thracian gladiator owes something to the story of Spartacus and his great reputation as a leader of the slave revolt in 73 to 71 BC. The story of Spartacus has obviously been an enormous inspiration for people then and since. I was surprised how many references there are, even in Cicero to Spartacus.

But perhaps the development of the Thracian gladiator owes something to the story of Spartacus and his great reputation as a leader of the slave revolt in 73 to 71 BC. The story of Spartacus has obviously been an enormous inspiration for people then and since. I was surprised how many references there are, even in Cicero to Spartacus.

You don't expect the name Spartacus to have become a rather everyday reference amongst certainly educated Romans. And I think that does reflect the way in which Spartacus clearly had an effect even on those who considered the slaves to be people who should be put down. Spartacus made that impression.

You don't expect the name Spartacus to have become a rather everyday reference amongst certainly educated Romans. And I think that does reflect the way in which Spartacus clearly had an effect even on those who considered the slaves to be people who should be put down. Spartacus made that impression.

You don't expect the name Spartacus to have become a rather everyday reference amongst certainly educated Romans. And I think that does reflect the way in which Spartacus clearly had an effect even on those who considered the slaves to be people who should be put down. Spartacus made that impression.