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Archaeologists Unearth 1st Direct Evidence That Roman Gladiators Fought Brown Bears

What many people know about Roman gladiator fights comes from Hollywood movie scenes. However, archaeologists and historians ...

Archaeologists Discovered the Skull of a Bear Once Used in Roman Gladiator Fights

The fossilized remains of a brown bear were discovered near the Viminacium amphitheater in Serbia, a Roman gladiator.The male ...
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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 ...

Roman gladiators brutalized brown bears inside arenas, new archaeological evidence reveals

It turns out that the “Gladiator” movies’ lurid depictions of man-on-beast gladiatorial bouts aren’t as far-fetched as some ...
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Rare Roman gladiator knife from Hadrian's Wall goes on display

LONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - A 2,000-year-old Roman knife handle shaped like a gladiator that was discovered in northern England will go on public display for the first time, the charity English ...
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‘Rare’ lost tomb of Roman gladiator found 2,000 years later in ‘extraordinary’ discovery: scientists

Archaeologists in Naples, Italy, have shed new light on the lives of Roman gladiators after discovering a tomb for one of these ancient warriors that lay hidden for 2,000 years. The findings offer a ...
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The elusive history of the gladiatrix and why you don’t see her in “Gladiator II”

The following contains minor spoilers for "Gladiator II." Save for a few wisps of time-worn text and a bit of sharp-edged stone, little is left on this earth that tells the gladiatrix’s story. Thought ...