A bite mark is the best proof yet that Roman gladiators engaged in combat with lions.
On the bones of what is thought to be an ancient Roman gladiator, bite marks from a huge cat—possibly an African lion—have been found for the first time. By David Kindy One of the more memorable pictures of ancient Rome's stadiums is of gladiators engaged in combat with lions. However, there is almost no tangible proof that it ever happened, except from representations in carvings and mosaics and a few references in old writings. So far. The bones of a presumed gladiator who died about 1,800 years ...