The skeleton, from third-century Britain, has bite marks from a big cat such as a lion or tiger, according to a study published in PLOS One today. Study lead author Tim Thompson, a researcher at ...

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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.

"The implications of our multidisciplinary study are huge," said study lead author and anthropologist professor Tim Thompson.

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.

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