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Honor among killers.(Gladiators Played by the Rules: Skulls Suggest)(Brief article)(Book review)

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Kate Ravilious, "Gladiators Played by the Rules, Skulls Suggest," National Geographic News, March 2006 (nationalgeographic.org)

A gladiatorial killing zone as an arena for honor and fair play? It may sound far-fetched, but new archaeological evidence supports this seemingly unlikely contention. Roman gladiators in the ancient city of Ephesus (in modern-day Turkey) appear to have abided by strict rules. There was no piling on: all but one of 67 gladiator skeletons examined by National Geographic scientists bore just a single wound ...

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