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For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is ...
Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a brutal clash between a lion and a gladiator in one of England’s most iconic ...
Archaeologists recently discovered proof of a gladiatorial fight with a lion in an unexpected tourist destination.
From 180 to 192 C.E., Emperor Commodus ruled ancient Rome with an insatiable lust for power that brought an end to the fabled ...
A Roman thought to be a gladiator stares out in a visual reconstruction of a man who met a gruesome end almost 2,000 years ...
An American tourist's visit to the Colosseum in Rome took a turn for the terrifying after the man impaled himself on a fence ...
Archaeologists recently discovered proof of a gladiatorial fight with a lion in an unexpected tourist destination: the city ...
A Roman thought to be a gladiator stares out in a visual reconstruction of a man who met a gruesome end almost 2,000 years ...
Known only as 6DT19, he was a well-built male aged between 26 and 35 who was likely to have died in one of Rome’s brutal ... s only well-preserved Roman gladiator cemetery.
Historians have long believed that ancient humans fought animals in arena battles, but no definitive evidence has been found ...
While brand new research into a mutilated skeleton exhumed in York has revealed the first-ever proof of gladiators fighting ...
Chichester Roman Week runs May 26–31 with family activities, Roman re-enactments, storytelling, archaeological talks, and more across ...