B ite marks on a 1,800-year-old skeleton from Roman Britain suggest that a gladiator was mauled to death by a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study reports.

Bite marks reveal gladiator's fatal encounter with a lion in ancient Britain. By Will Dunham. April 23, 2025 6:04 PM UTC Updated April 23, 2025 Item 1 of 5 An ancient Roman mosaic ...

Bite marks on a 1,800-year-old skeleton from Roman Britain suggest that a gladiator was mauled to death by a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study reports.

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It has been revealed that the skeletal remains of a man from Roman-era Britain show he was bitten by a large cat like a lion, meaning that he may well have been a combatant who died in a gladiator ...

An ancient Roman mosaic depicting a scene in which a specialist gladiator called a venatore confronts a lion, is on display at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, Tunisia, in December 2011.