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IFLScience on MSNBattered Skull Confirms Roman Amphitheaters Were Beastly For Bears
Analysis of a bear skull found at a Roman amphitheater east of Belgrade reveals that while the bear was brown, its fate was ...
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ZME Science on MSNThis 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 ...
What many people know about Roman gladiator fights comes from Hollywood movie scenes. However, archaeologists and historians ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNThe 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 ...
It turns out that the “Gladiator” movies’ lurid depictions of man-on-beast gladiatorial bouts aren’t as far-fetched as some ...
The artifacts and artworks on display paint a refreshingly broad picture of Roman life in the northern reaches of the Empire.
The Viminacium bear was a local bear from the Balkan region, and the authors speculate that its capture could have been done ...
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