Huge gladiator school found in Austria

Archaeologists have found an ancient Roman gladiator school in Austria. It is almost as big as Rome’s Colosseum. This gladiator school features never before seen a wooden training dummy. And outside the gates they found a first known gladiator cemetery grounds. The school is absolutely huge. This newfound school is very important because it’s the only one of this size and scale to be found anywhere in the Roman provinces. The school was probably built at the same time as the adjacent 13,00-person amphitheater, which was made around A.D. 150 during the Roman Emperor was ruling Marcus Aurelius. This gladiator school is twice the size of Wal-Mart. There are tiny dormitories, heated floors, etc. Next to the training complex there is a walled field, or campus, which may have been housing for wild animals. And a place for exercising horses. This is information that I have learned about the gladiator school is Austria.

Archaeologists do many things to investigate ancient cultures. When archaeologists find objects in the ground they then make an archaeological record. So now they can learn more about the people from the past. The archaeological record of the objects on villages in the ground becomes sealed with layers within the earth. But then it might wear away and it might reveal something. They then examine the surface and then they dig to find the evidence. Once they know where they are going to dig they carfully remove each layer by layer. And they carefully record every location where they find an object. Artifacts give them many clue for different time periods in history. Then have been covering cities for thousands of years and they believe that the deepest layer is the oldest. When acraeologist try to find out how old things are they use two different types of methods cultural dating and scientific dating. For example if you reaserch about the Roman empire, written sources will tell you about the coin from roman times. The process of gathering information is cultural dating. To find out more about the roman coin you then compare it with other roman objects. Other two types of dating are absolute dating and relative dating because they can't always tell how old an object is. Pottery is a very good example because they made pottery in different time periods so it helps with relative dating. The oldest form in scientific dating is dendrochronology. Radiocarbon dating is when they measure to determine how old the object is. But they can only use it for once living things like wood and bones. Every living thing absorbs carbon so when it dies it stops.

How do historians learn about the past?

First for historians to find out about the past the need to gather there resources. These sources are evidence of the past the more we have of it the more we find out. The two sources that we have are Written sources and Non-Written sources. The example of written sources are, books, letters, diaries, songs, poems, speeches, business government, papers, posters, magazines, newspapers, blogs, maps, and adds. Written sources only go back to about 3000B.C.E. Because people did not come up with writing yet. The time before writing is Prehistory so historians relied on non-written sources so they could learn more about the past. Examples of non-written sources are, fossils, artifacts, tombs, monuments, and cities. Sources of evidence are always open to the interpretation of the winner. But also you need to think about the different point of view because there are different beliefs and experiences. Historians ask questions about a source to determine how accturate and useful it is. Different kinds of sources offer different kinds of information. Historians want to know if the author was actually at the event. Materials were created after people who studied original sources are called secondary sources. History is a big ginormous puzzle, it is the conversation between the present and the past. Some people fin bits of pieces from generation to generation. But other pieces of history have been lost forever. We try to make this puzzle complete. So this is how historians learn about the past.

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

Well the first reason why humans settled was first, there is topography and that refers to surface or physical features of an area. This also includes mountains, valleys, rivers, lakes, sandy shores, and grassy plains. For example in the Shang dynasty the Chinese people came and settled near the Hung He river because the land was flat so they could plant food, have water, and they could see there enemies from far away. The climates in China are varied in topography. The most important elements of climate are precipitation and temperature. Many people in China live along the south east and along the east coast. But fewer live in the north and west. Some parts of eastern China are hilly. But they are not as mountainous as the north and west.


Also in the southeastern China there is plenty of rivers. For example in the Sui dynasty emperor Yangdi constructed the grand canal on rivers such as the Yellow river and that really helped people with transport, so it was easier to carry many things to other places and it was faster. It was good for trade for example they grew weat in the north and rice in the south so they would trade to have other foods to eat. People are still drawn to places where the land is level and climates are warm or mild with plenty of rain. And lastly the Chinese people dig into the sides of the hills to create strips of land it is called terraces. This makes more room and more space. So this is why humans settle in certain places of the world its because they are places where ground is leveled, there is water, and a good climate.

What is History and Why do we study it?

History is the study of the past. The past is the major important events, people and ideas. History can change and we learn more things about a certain time period when we find evidence. We learn history to learn more about ourselves and where we came from. We find out how everything started and changed, we learn about certain things have improved and changed. New ideas and also new solutions. We learn it so we don't end up making the same mistakes but we actually keep on doing them but that helps us to find out more. Through the years we notice trends, patterns, and we can predict things. We learn about other cultures which can help others, which we then learn new ideas and we understand. We can then try less conflict+more peace. To find these things we problem solve, travel to other countries. Research and investigate, it gives us new theories and ideas it gives us new questions. This is why we study History.

"The function off the historian is neither to love the past nor to emancipate himself from the past, but to master and understand it as the key to the understanding of the present." E. H. Car

What this quote means is history is not about love or anything like that what it means is that it helps us understand the future. It helps us.