Roman Gladiators ate a mostly vegetarian diet and drank a tonic of ashes after training

Monday, October 20, 2014 - 12:32 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Roman gladiators ate a mostly vegetarian diet and drank ashes after training as a tonic. These are the findings of anthropological investigations carried out on bones of warriors found during excavations in the ancient city of Ephesos.

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