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The discovery on remains found in York highlight how humans fighting large cats was entertainment on the edge of the Roman ...
New research suggests a skeleton which belonged to a gladiator was mauled by a lion or another big cat during combat.
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Blood, sand, and death – for Romans, there was no better entertainment than watching gladiators fight exotic animals in ...
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Learn how forensic evidence confirms that gladiator and lion combat did occur, and why experts think these fights didn't just ...
Researchers say the man’s spinal damage, lung inflammation, and lion bite offer a rare glimpse into the brutal reality of ...
It's the first-ever evidence of man-lion combat found in the Roman period.
The skeleton was excavated from Driffield Terrace, one of the most significant Roman-era burial sites in Britain.
A Roman-era skeleton from York, northern England, shows signs of having been bitten by a big cat, thus providing the first ...
A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis of his remains ...
A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...