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Colchester Council is calling to halt plans for a 112-mile pylon corridor after a Roman artefact was found in Fordham.
Northampton Museum & Art Gallery invites visitors to discover the thrilling world of Roman gladiatorial combat with the ...
Historical texts, bas-reliefs, pottery, and mosaics depict warriors fighting ... may have served as a gladiator graveyard in Roman Britain. Among other evidence, the numerous skeletal remains ...
While there are depictions of these contests in ancient mosaics and texts ... an important town and military base in the north of the Roman province of Britannia. The bite marks provide clues ...
“These mosaics dating back to the fourth century provide a rare insight into the local history of Hampshire during Roman Britain, shaping our understanding of life in the countryside during this ...
For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is believed to be an ancient Roman gladiator.
While images of gladiators being bitten by lions have appeared in ancient mosaics and pottery ... speaks about new research about Roman Gladiators in Britain. Credit: Maynooth University The ...
Bite marks on a 1,800-year-old skeleton from Roman Britain suggest that a gladiator was mauled to death by a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study reports. However, scholars who were not ...
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Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new study reveals. Researchers argue that Picts, Scotti and Saxons ...
In Rome’s Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire ... of these contests in ancient mosaics and texts, actual forensic evidence has ...