Email this article Now Playing Sofia Volume 57 Number 4, July/August 2004 A second-century A.D. Roman amphitheater was recently discovered by Romanian construction workers in downtown Sofia. Archaeologists suspect gladiators exchanged blows within. The Bulgarian capital was known to the Romans as Serdica and gained importance because of its position on the Diagonis, the region's crucial trade road between the Danube and Constantinople. © 2004 by the Archaeological Institute of America www.archaeology.org/0407/newsbriefs/sofia.html Share this page:   Share Stay up-to-date on news and new features on our website. Click here to sign up. Buy current & back issues: See what's available!

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