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The Gladiator Valerius

Gladiator Valerius in the Amphitheatre (© Dominik Ketz / Trier Tourismus und Marketing GmbH)
Gladiator Valerius (© Dominik Ketz / Trier Tourismus und Marketing GmbH) Gladiator Valerius in action (© Dominik Ketz / Trier Tourismus und Marketing GmbH) Gladiator Valerius in action (© Dominik Ketz / Trier Tourismus und Marketing GmbH)
It’s been some 1800 years since Valerius last had to fight for his life in the Amphitheatre. He had dreamt of a life of glory and wealth, knowing full well that only very few gladiators are able to reach such heights. As arena fighters, they live on the lowest rung of the social ladder. They are admired for their courage and fighting spirit, but are also scorned as prisoners who are forced to earn their meagre living through hard physical work in the dust of the amphitheatre. Not many manage to survive and buy their way out. Valerius has. But at what cost? On a walk through the amphitheatre, he recounts all the suffering he has seen, and all the blood he himself has spilled. He traces back the animals, fighters and friends who lost their lives in the mighty rotund arena. And he tells of the day which continues to plague him even now: The day he faced his best friend in the amphitheatre.
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Visitors will be both shocked and impressed as this captivating interactive tour immerses them in a parallel universe, an era long past, which seems so far away. But Valerius holds a mirror up to them: How much of the fighting for life and death, of the inner battle between the will to survive and morals, of the contest for power and honour continues to exist even in our modern times? And much Valerius is in each of us? You be the judge!
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Arrival place:
Trier, Ampitheater
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Details

Available booking period:
April to September: daily, 8.30 am, 6 pm and 8 pm
March and October: daily, 8.30 am, 5 pm and 7 pm

Please note that the adventure tour can only be played outside the opening hours of the amphitheatre.

Meeting point:
Amphitheater, Olewiger Str. 25

Duration:
75 minutes

Price:
For adventure tours until December 2024:
Price for a school group of up to 30 people: EUR 299, each additional student EUR 10
Price for a group of up to 30 people: 360 EUR, each additional person 12 EUR

For performances after dusk plus 45 EUR light surcharge (depending on the season)

For adventure tours from January 2025:
Price for a school group of up to 30 people: EUR 320, each additional pupil EUR 10
Price for a group of up to 30 people: EUR 360, each additional person EUR 12

For performances after dusk plus 45 EUR light surcharge (depending on the season)

Group size:
Max. 50 persons

Language: 
German


Note:
We recommend this adventure tour for spectators over 10 years old.

The underground passageways are not accessible to wheelchair users.

Actor / book and director

Actors (alternating)
Klaus-Michael Nix, Tim Olrik Stöneberg, Markus Friedmann, Guillaume Karl, Isaac Boateng

Written by:
Dominique Caillat

Directed by:
Gabriele Mugdan

Contact

Trier Tourismus und Marketing GmbH
Tourist-Information next to the Porta Nigra
Guided Tours
Simeonstraße 60
54290 Trier

Tel. +49 (0)651 97808 -52, -21, -20
E-Mail fuehrungen@trier-info.de

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