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Archaeologists Found a Roman Gladiator’s Skeleton—With Bite Marks That Hint He Fought a Lion
Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have lesions that looked suspiciously like bite ...
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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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Far from the Colosseum: Lion Bite Confirms First Evidence of Gladiator Animal Combat in UK
A lion's bite has confirmed the death of a gladiator in an ancient Roman arena - revealing a brutal spectacle far beyond the Colosseum. Archaeologists have found the first physical evidence of ...
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First Physical Evidence of Gladiators Fighting Lions Discovered on Roman Skeleton
A Roman skeleton found in York shows bite marks from a lion, offering the first physical evidence of gladiators fighting wild ...
Gladiator bones finally confirm human-lion combat in Roman Europe
Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...
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 ...
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 ...
Archaeologists discover ‘large cat’ bite marks on Roman gladiator skeleton for first time
Bite marks discovered on an ancient Roman skeleton in the UK have been hailed as the first ever physical evidence of ...
Pelvis bite marks on Roman skeleton reveal gladiator battles with big cats
The skeleton found in York suggests that gladiatorial combats with wild animals extended into Roman provinces.
Lion Bite Marks on 1,800-Year-Old Skeleton Confirm Gladiators Fought in Roman Britain
Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...
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A Roman gladiator died fighting a lion in England and his 1,800-year-old skeleton proves it
It's the first-ever evidence of man-lion combat found in the Roman period.