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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 ...
ZME Science4d
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.
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 ...
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A lion’s bite marks a fatal fight with a possible Roman-era gladiator
The first skeletal evidence of a gladiator show or execution involving an exotic animal comes from a Roman British man with bite marks from a lion.
Greek Reporter3d
First Physical Evidence of Gladiators Fighting Lions Discovered on Roman Skeleton
A Roman skeleton found in York shows bite marks from a lion, offering the first physical evidence of gladiators fighting wild ...
Lion Bite Marks on 1,800-Year-Old Skeleton Confirm Gladiators Fought in Roman Britain
Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...
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 ...
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Lion kills 14-year-old girl, elephant kills man in separate incidents in Kenya
A lion killed a 14-year-old girl outside Kenya's capital Nairobi while an elephant killed a 54-year-old man in the central part of the country, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said this weekend.