A Roman skeleton found in York shows bite marks from a lion, offering the first physical evidence of gladiators fighting wild ...

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

Bite marks discovered on an ancient Roman skeleton in the UK have been hailed as the first ever physical evidence of ...

The skeleton found in York suggests that gladiatorial combats with wild animals extended into Roman provinces.

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

A Roman gladiator’s skeleton has provided the first piece of physical evidence of combat between a human and a large cat, ...

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion.

You don't have to be one of those people who can't go a single day without thinking about the Roman Empire to know about the ...

"The implications of our multidisciplinary study are huge," said study lead author and anthropologist professor Tim Thompson.

Are you not entertained? New analysis from the bones of an ancient gladiator discovered in York suggests that British fighters may have been attacked by ferocious big cats during arena battles.

Images of gladiators being bitten by lions have appeared in ancient mosaics and pottery for hundreds of years. However, this is the first convincing skeletal evidence from the Roman Empire of bite ...

A groundbreaking study involving our Department of Archaeology has uncovered the first physical evidence of human-animal ...