Ancient Roman gladiators were often pitted against animals in the arena—animals capable of killing a human being. Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have ...
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This 1,700-Year-Old Skull is the First Evidence of a Gladiator Bear in the Roman Empire
When you think of gladiators, you probably picture men with swords. But in Roman arenas, the opponents gladiators faced weren’t always human. Sometimes they were wild animals dragged from the forests ...
You don’t need a time machine or a transatlantic flight to step inside ancient Rome ’s most infamous arena. Starting on February 3, a new immersive virtual reality experience at Eclipso NYC promises ...
A Roman oil lamp shows two female gladiators fighting like men—strong visual proof women fought. An ordinary Roman oil lamp shows two gladiators with unmistakably female features, fighting in the same ...
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