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New research on a skeleton of a gladiator that was found in York in 2004 shows the distinctive markings of lion's teeth.
From the earliest photographs to the modern day tourists, take a trip through time and see how much Britain's most historic ...
A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis of his remains ...
Hadrian’s Wall — a 73-mile construction across northern Britain that marked the frontier of the Roman Empire — is no stranger to penis imagery. The nearly 2,000-year-old example of Roman engineering ...
Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...
A team of archaeologists has found what they claim to be the skeleton of a gladiator who was bitten by a big cat — the first ...
Bite marks on the pelvis of a man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain were probably made by ... and other animals are frequently described in Roman art and texts. But despite those accounts ...
Ancient Roman gladiators have been recorded in various historical documents and works of art. Thanks to these descriptions, we know that gladiators fought in huge amphitheaters as spectacles for ...
“What we see in art might be considered to be ‘the money ... “As tangible witnesses to spectacles in Britain’s Roman amphitheatres, the bitemarks help us appreciate these spaces as ...