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Lion Bite to the Butt May Be First Proof of Human-Animal Gladiatorial Combat
Roman gladiators’ fights to the death have inspired morbid fascination for millennia. But for something seemingly so well-documented, it’s rare for archaeologists find physical evidence of ...
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A bite from a lion likely led to the demise of a gladiator, new research finds
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Lion bites on skeleton provide first evidence of gladiator’s combat with wild beasts
He said archaeologists had only ever found a few confirmed gladiator remains across regions that once formed the Roman Empire. “For years, our understanding of Roman gladiatorial combat and ...
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Archaeologists discover ‘large cat’ bite marks on Roman gladiator skeleton for first time
Russell Crowe in the 2000 film Gladiator. Picture: Supplied The researchers compared the size and shape of the bite marks using samples from large cats at London Zoo. They concluded the injuries ...
BBC5d
Bites on gladiator bones prove combat with lion
The skeleton of the young man was found during a 2004 dig in York Bite marks found on the skeleton of a Roman gladiator are the first archaeological evidence of combat between a human and a lion ...
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Horrific death of Roman gladiator at the hands of a LION is revealed by his skeleton as it is found 2,000 years later
The idea of a Roman gladiator taking on a lion might sound like something from the recent blockbuster, Gladiator II. But it was a reality for one brave fighter 1,800 years ago - and we're not ...
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A 2,000-Year-Old Gladiator Tomb Has Been Found in Italy
A 2,000-year-old gladiator tomb has been discovered in a necropolis outside of Naples, Italy. Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Liternum, in present-day Giugliano in Campania ...