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Lions and tigers and bears, oh yes! In the dust of an ancient Roman arena in Serbia, archaeologists have uncovered a ...
Archaeologists have discovered what might be the last Roman gladiator arena ever built. And it is a long way from the capital. In December 2021, a group of archaeologists supervising a boathouse ...
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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 ...
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.
Construction of a new boathouse at the Basel Rowing Club in Switzerland has turned up the ruins of what might have been the last gladiator arena the Romans ever built. Archaeologists from the Aargau ...
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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 ...
As you may have heard NBC is bringing back American Gladiators. The revamped version of the classic game show of the early 90s will begin to air on January 6. I wish I would have waited until January ...
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