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A Roman Poet’s Clue to Women Gladiators in the Arena

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Roman Gladiators fought BEARS in the arena, fossil evidence reveals for the first time

Ridley Scott may have been ridiculed for portraying gladiators riding rhinos and scrapping with sharks in his latest film. But it seems the real Roman fighters did pick fights with a colourful array ...
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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’t always human. Sometimes they were wild animals dragged from the forests ...
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A Roman Satirist Mocked Female Fighters. Was He Describing Real Gladiators?

This rare depiction may be the greatest surviving monument to women in the Roman arena. -The famous Roman satirist Juvenal wrote during the 1st Century AD, around the same time as the poet Martial.
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A bite from a lion likely led to the demise of a gladiator, new research finds

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