Unhappy end to a gladiator--Discvovery News

Fascinating story from Discovery News:

Gladiator Stabbed, Tossed as Trash?
It's interesting hisrotically, and also regarding the kinds of injuries he suffered.
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/gladiator-stabbed-tossed-as-trash.html#mkcpgn=emnws1

"The bones of a Roman man, who was stabbed to death and left to rot with the rubbish, have revealed gruesome details of what appears to be a gladiator combat, according to British researchers who have examined the skeletal remains.

Unearthed in January only 12 inches under the grass the Yorkshire Museum’s gardens, in York, England, the bones show that the man, most likely a disgraced gladiator, met a violent and bloody death.

"The physical evidence reveals he was a swordsman and that his body was literally dumped with the rubbish –- there was no hint that he had been buried in a ceremonial way," said Andrew Morrison, head curator of the Yorkshire Museum, where the bones are going on display this week..."

Read the whole story here:
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/gladiator-stabbed-tossed-as-trash.html#mkcpgn=emnws1