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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
Bite marks found on a skeleton in a Roman cemetery in York have provided the first archaeological evidence of an epic battle between a gladiator and a lion.
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 ...
Research reveals first skeletal evidence of gladiator bitten by lion in Roman period
The findings center on a single skeleton discovered in a Roman-period cemetery outside York in England, a site believed to ...
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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 ...