In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial ...

Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have lesions that looked suspiciously like bite ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

Learn how forensic evidence confirms that gladiator and lion combat did occur, and why experts think these fights didn't just ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis of his remains ...

A skeleton recovered from an intriguing Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between ...

Researchers say the man’s spinal damage, lung inflammation, and lion bite offer a rare glimpse into the brutal reality of ...

A skeleton of a Roman gladiator with clear traces of big cat bites has been discovered in England. This is the first concrete ...

It's the first-ever evidence of man-lion combat found in the Roman period.

Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...