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Skeletal evidence of Roman gladiator bitten by lion in combat

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion. Bite marks found on a skeleton ...
The New York Times

A Roman Gladiator and a Lion Met in Combat. Only One Walked Away.

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the Roman Empire. A marble relief from first- or second-century Ephesus, ...
CNN

A bite from a lion likely led to the demise of a gladiator, new research finds

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