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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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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.
Skeleton from Roman gladiator cemetery was mauled by a lion or other big cat, archaeologists suggest
A team of archaeologists has found what they claim to be the skeleton of a gladiator who was bitten by a big cat — the first ...
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Lion mauled gladiator to death in Roman Britain
A skeleton in England may have belonged to a gladiator who died fighting a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study finds.
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 ...
Lion bites on skeleton provide first evidence of gladiator’s combat with wild beasts
A Roman gladiator’s skeleton has provided the first piece of physical evidence of combat between a human and a large cat, ...
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Soldier’s grief at horse’s death shown 1,800 years later as Roman skeleton found with grave gifts
The discovery of a Roman horses’ graveyard shows a soldier’s grief at the loss of his equine partner, 1,800 years later. An excavation carried out by the state office for monument preservation (LAD) ...