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This week, a string of archaeological studies lend insight into Roman gladiators, an ancient crocodile-like beast, and a ...
A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis of his remains ...
Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...
Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...
A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...
In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial ...
Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have lesions that looked suspiciously like bite ...
A skeleton in England may have belonged to a gladiator who died fighting a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study finds.
Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...
A Roman skeleton found in York shows bite marks from a lion, offering the first physical evidence of gladiators fighting wild ...