For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is ...

Loaded down with shields, metal leg guards and armguards, and hefty, full-coverage bronze helmets, many gladiators carried almost as much protective gear into the arena as Roman soldiers wore into ...

Romans march in Stonegate, York, on Sunday (May 25) during the Eboracum Roman Festival (Image: Dylan Connell) The Romans set ...

The idea of a Roman gladiator taking on a lion might ... which confirms that the skeletons buried at the cemetery were gladiators, rather than soldiers or slaves, as initially thought.

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Bite marks found in a Roman-era skeleton are the first ... that the skeletons buried at the cemetery were gladiators — and not soldiers or slaves, as previously thought, according to Malin ...

and soldiers remained there until the end of the Roman period in the early fifth century, according to the study authors. Researchers think gladiator-style arena events were occurring there as ...

“For years, our understanding of Roman gladiatorial combat and ... that the skeletons buried at the cemetery were gladiators, rather than soldiers or slaves, as initially thought and represent ...