From Roman Gladiators to Red Sox, We’re Still Here

The Christmas Village collection of Fenway Park, with a Red Sox tavern and homemade Boston Strong ornament made by a friend, with dirt from Fenway Park’s outfield.Since time is standing still for Red Sox Nation this off-season, why don’t we time travel a little bit? There’s nothing else to do besides furiously refresh social media in hopes of some free agent movement. So, instead, let’s step back to a particular gladiator battle from the Roman Empire. We’ll get back to those Fenway Christmas ornaments in the photo. Indulge me for a minute.

We learned about this particular battle from an artifact called the Colchester Vase. It was discovered in a Roman grave in 1853 in Colchester, England. It…