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A bite from a lion likely led to the demise of a gladiator, new research finds
The study was published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One.Archaeologists with the York Archaeological Trust recovered the remains from Driffield Terrace, which they consider to be a gladiator ...
WAPT14d
A bite from a lion likely led to the demise of a gladiator, new research finds
The study was published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One.Archaeologists with the York Archaeological Trust recovered the remains from Driffield Terrace, which they consider to be a gladiator ...
Manchester Evening News15d
Archaeology breakthrough as bite marks on 1,800-year-old Roman gladiator prove combat with lions
Bite marks found on a 1,800-year-old gladiator skeleton are the first physical evidence of human combat with animals in Roman times, archaeologists have revealed. The discovery was made in a Roman ...
The Independent16d
Lion bites on skeleton provide first evidence of gladiator’s combat with wild beasts
He said archaeologists had only ever found a few confirmed gladiator remains across regions that once formed the Roman Empire. “For years, our understanding of Roman gladiatorial combat and ...