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Hannah Kate Simon

Blood-red walls of Roman amphitheater unearthed near 'Armageddon' in Israel

An aerial view of the amphitheater found in a Roman legion camp near Tel Megiddo.

Archaeologists in Israel have found a blood-red combat arena at Legio, a massive military base that housed Rome's "ironclad" legion in the second century.

The team found the military camp and its arena — designed not for theater entertainment but for combat training — near Megiddo, also known as Armageddon, the place where the Christian Bible foretells the battle at the end of the world will commence. 

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