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Gladiator vs. Lion: 1,800-Year-Old Skeleton Reveals Deadly Showdown
A thrilling discovery in York has unveiled the first-ever physical evidence of a human fighting a lion in Roman times, thanks to bite marks found on a skeleton in a gladiator cemetery. This adds a dramatic new layer to our understanding of ancient gladiator games,
Archaeologists working at Driffield Terrace, a well-preserved Roman cemetery in York, have uncovered the first direct ...
A new study uncovers evidence of gladiatorial combat between humans and lions in Roman Britain. Forensic analysis of a ...
Gladiators in Roman York were pitted against lions, archaeologists have proved. During the Roman Empire, contemporary authors ...
Are you not entertained? New analysis from the bones of an ancient gladiator discovered in York suggests that British ...
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