Bite marks on Roman pelvis hint at gladiator fights with big cats
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Bite marks found on a roman skeleton suggest that the individual may have fought a big cat, possibly a lion, in a gladiator fight. The discovery is reported to be the first physical evidence of human-animal combat in the roman empire. The skeleton was found in york, and the bite marks are seen as evidence that gladiators did indeed fight lions in roman britain.
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