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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 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, ...
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 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 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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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 ...