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Bite Marks on Ancient Skeleton Reveal First Physical Evidence of Roman Gladiators Fighting Lions
Roman texts and artworks are full of depictions of gladiators, the men who fought each other or wild animals to entertain ...
Bites on gladiator bones prove combat with lion
Bite marks found on the skeleton of a Roman gladiator are the first archaeological evidence of combat between a human and a ...
A bite from a lion likely led to the demise of a gladiator, new research finds
Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...
Man recovered from ‘gladiator graveyard’ died of lion bite, study finds
This week, a string of archaeological studies lend insight into Roman gladiators, an ancient crocodile-like beast, and a ...
A Roman Gladiator and a Lion Met in Combat. Only One Walked Away.
A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...
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A lion bite on the remains of a Roman gladiator: The first direct evidence of combat with animals
Until now, these clashes in the arenas of the empire were only known from written records and artistic representations ...
Bite marks reveal gladiator's fatal encounter with a lion in ancient Britain
In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial ...
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First evidence of gladiator fight with lion seen in Roman-era skeleton
A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis of his remains ...
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A bite from a lion likely led to the demise of a gladiator, new research finds
“The bite marks were likely made by a lion, which confirms that the skeletons buried at the cemetery were gladiators, rather than soldiers or slaves, as initially thought and represent the first ...