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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 ...
The artifacts and artworks on display paint a refreshingly broad picture of Roman life in the northern reaches of the Empire.
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 ...
Lions and tigers and bears, oh yes! In the dust of an ancient Roman arena in Serbia, archaeologists have uncovered a ...
VIENNA (Reuters) - Gladiators reenacted fights in the amphitheatre of the ancient Roman city of Carnuntum whose archaeological remains stretch over 10 square kilometers (3.86 square miles) in eastern ...
Neither Gladiator nor its cinematic sequel is particularly concerned with historical fact. For one thing, the emperor Marcus Aurelius had no intention of restoring the republic. Gladiatorial contests ...
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The Skull of an Ancient Brown Bear Tells a Story of Brutality and Abuse at the Hands of Roman Entertainers
Many ancient records detail Romans’ use of brown bears in entertainment, according to Antiquity. They were apparently trained ...
Neither “Gladiator” nor its cinematic sequel is particularly concerned with historical fact. For one thing, the emperor Marcus Aurelius had no intention of restoring the republic. Gladiatorial ...
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