'Hic sunt leones!' Bite marks found on skeleton prove gladiators fought big cats
Bite marks on a Roman-era skeleton found in York are the first physical evidence gladiators fought animals, experts have said.
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Here be dragons
Phrase used on maps to indicate uncharted areas
"Here be dragons" means dangerous or unexplored territories, in imitation of a medieval practice of putting illustrations of dragons, sea monsters and other mythological creatures on uncharted areas of maps where potential dangers were thought to exist.
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