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Bite marks discovered on an ancient Roman skeleton in the UK have been hailed as the first ever physical evidence of ...
Bite marks from a large cat, likely a lion, found in a ancient skeleton are the “first physical evidence” that gladiators ...
Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion.
The skeleton found in York suggests that gladiatorial combats with wild animals extended into Roman provinces.
Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...
It's the first-ever evidence of man-lion combat found in the Roman period.
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The skeleton was excavated from Driffield Terrace, one of the most significant Roman-era burial sites in Britain.
Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...