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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.

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Gladiator bones finally confirm human-lion combat in Roman Europe

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained elusive. Due to this lack of bodily evidence, experts have instead long relied on historical accounts,

Newsweek · 4d

Archaeologists Reveal Gladiator Attacked by Lion in Roman 'Spectacle'

meaning that he may well have been a combatant who died in a gladiator show. While accounts of gladiatorial fights in the Roman Empire are well documented—both human vs. human contests and human vs.

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While gladiators may have used unique weapons, they also used implements of war that were more familiar throughout the ...

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A gladiator depicted fighting

Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman ... gladiators became more specialized. There were five types of gladiator, each with their own unique ...

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Everything you never knew about Roman gladiators

Across the Roman Empire around 8000 people died in the arena every year. Gladiator battles ... the sorts of armour and weapon they carried. Murmillos brandished a sword, a shield, leg ...

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Gladiators were embodiment of tyranny to some ancient Romans

Neither Gladiator nor its cinematic ... all while wielding a dagger, the weapon of thugs and cutthroats. A couple of decades later, when the Roman republic had placed unprecedented political ...

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