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A bite from a lion likely led to the demise of a gladiator, new research finds
Archaeologists with the York Archaeological Trust recovered the remains from Driffield Terrace, which they consider to be a gladiator graveyard. The spot sits along the old Roman road leading out ...
Daily Mail29d
Horrific death of Roman gladiator at the hands of a LION is revealed by his skeleton as it is found 2,000 years later
The idea of a Roman gladiator taking on a lion might sound like something from the recent blockbuster, Gladiator II. But it was a reality for one brave fighter 1,800 years ago - and we're not ...
Science News29d
A lion’s bite marks a fatal fight with a possible Roman-era gladiator
Those feline bite marks, preserved on a skeleton interred in northeast England, provide the first physical evidence of a Roman-era battle between a gladiator and a nonhuman animal anywhere in ...
The Independent28d
Lion bites on skeleton provide first evidence of gladiator’s combat with wild beasts
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The New York Times29d
A Roman Gladiator and a Lion Met in Combat. Only One Walked Away.
It is the first direct evidence of a gladiator mauled by a lion. The skeleton was discovered 20 years ago, in an excavation spurred by a couple hoping to renovate the yard of their home in the ...