Clash of Titans
Gladiators fight for their lives in Martigny.
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Julie worked as a radio reporter for BBC and independent radio all over the UK before joining swissinfo.ch's predecessor, Swiss Radio International, as a producer. After attending film school, Julie worked as an independent filmmaker before coming to swissinfo.ch in 2001.
Gladiators have been proving that they can still pull the crowds in Switzerland, 2000 years after their heyday. At a spectacle in the Roman amphitheatre in Martigny, the audience got ready with their thumbs to seal the fate of the competitors. (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch)
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