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The House of Gladiators
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A Roman villa at Kourion named for its rare mosaic of named gladiators.
From Limassol13 km
About The House of Gladiators
The House of Gladiators takes its name from a mosaic near its main courtyard, one of the few scenes of gladiatorial combat found anywhere on Cyprus. Built in the second half of the third century AD, the villa was likely destroyed by the earthquakes that levelled much of Kourion in the fourth century. Its best-preserved panel shows two fighters facing off in daggers, shields and helmets, each labelled by name in Greek: Margarites and Hellenikos.
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