The York cemetery has long been thought to carry the remains of soldiers or slaves. But now scientists say they have proof that gladiators are buried there. World Trending ...

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Now archaeologists have found the first physical evidence of a gladiator locked in combat with one of these animals—which appears to have left a huge, lion-sized bite mark on the fighter’s butt.

The man died and was buried in a grave between 1,825 and 1,725 years ago in an area now known as York ... which they consider to be a gladiator graveyard. The spot sits along the old Roman ...

Russell Crowe in the 2000 film Gladiator. Picture: Supplied The researchers compared the size and shape of the bite marks using samples from large cats at London Zoo. They concluded the injuries ...