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Bite marks found on a skeleton in a Roman cemetery in York have provided the first archaeological evidence of an epic battle between a gladiator and a lion. The fighter in question was a male ...

While images of gladiators being bitten by lions have appeared in ancient mosaics and pottery, this is the only convincing skeletal evidence using forensic experiments anywhere in the world of ...

He said archaeologists had only ever found a few confirmed gladiator remains across regions that once formed the Roman Empire. “For years, our understanding of Roman gladiatorial combat and ...

Bite marks on a Roman-era skeleton found in York are the first physical evidence gladiators fought animals, experts have said. Teeth imprints from a large cat were found on the pelvis of a man ...

It was very male dominated and individuals had been decapitated." The discovery sheds new light on the history of Roman Britain and that gladiator battles took place beyond the core of the Roman ...

While images of gladiators being bitten by lions have appeared in ancient mosaics and pottery, this is the only convincing skeletal evidence using forensic experiments anywhere in the world of ...

Analysis: The discovery of a Roman gladiator skeleton with unusual bite marks led to the first direct physical evidence of human-animal combat A couple of years ago a social media trend asked how ...

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Now, a skeleton excavated from one of the best-preserved gladiator graveyards in the world, Driffield Terrace, has provided new insight into the practice. Thought to belong to a male aged between ...