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A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis of his remains ...
The groundbreaking study led by a professor at Maynooth University in Ireland found physical evidence of "Roman gladiatorial ...
A Roman skeleton found in York shows bite marks from a lion, offering the first physical evidence of gladiators fighting wild ...
Learn how forensic evidence confirms that gladiator and lion combat did occur, and why experts think these fights didn't just ...
While preparing for construction of a housing development in Stuttgart, Germany, archaeologists uncovered an ancient Roman ...
A new study uncovers evidence of gladiatorial combat between humans and lions in Roman Britain. Forensic analysis of a ...
The findings center on a single skeleton discovered in a Roman-period cemetery outside York in England, a site believed to ...
A gruesome new discovery provides the first skeletal proof of humans being attacked by big cats in Roman gladiatorial spectacles. Found in a cemetery near York, the bones show clear bite marks from a ...
Blood, sand, and death – for Romans, there was no better entertainment than watching gladiators fight exotic animals in ...
In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial ...