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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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Lion Bite to the Butt May Be First Proof of Human-Animal Gladiatorial Combat
The first physical evidence of Roman gladiators fighting animals has been found in skeletal remains from England ...
Gladiator bones finally confirm human-animal combat in Roman Europe
Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...
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Community Spotlight: Dwarves, Stunning Halflings & Sláine Goes To War
zoidpinhead is using the flexibility of the Midgard Heroic Battles rules in order to create a couple of army lists for ...
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Mysterious Roman ‘Sorcerer’s Treasure Trove’ With Bizarre Items Discovered by Archaeologists in Pompeii
Mysterious Roman ‘Sorcerer’s Treasure Trove’ With Bizarre Items Discovered by Archaeologists in Pompeii The ancient city of ...
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Bring Rome’s Conquest Of The East To Warlord’s Hail Caesar
Pre-orders are now up for a new expansion to Hail Caesar alongside a selection of miniatures to sit alongside sit. Warlord ...
It Survived for 2,000 Years, but Syria’s War Battered Palmyra
During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...
Easter is celebrated with giant caterpillar-like hats and flames in this Mexican town
Every year, the winding mountain streets of Tetela del Volcán are filled with a crush of vivid yellows, purples, greens, ...
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Looking at the Masters: The Limbourg brothers illustrate the story of Easter
The Limbourg brothers, Herman, Paul, and Jean, born between 1385 and 1388, were Dutch painters from Nijmegen, but they were ...
A Construction Crew Was Renovating a Soccer Field—and Found the Bodies of 150 Ancient Roman Soldiers
When construction workers started churning up skeletal remains, a project to renovate a soccer field outside Vienna, Austria, morphed into an archaeological dig, and it wasn’t long before experts ...