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

The Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus (lived circa 330 to 395) claimed in his book "Res Gestae" (Latin for "things done" ...

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

Are you not entertained? New analysis from the bones of an ancient gladiator discovered in York suggests that British ...

Archaeologists have uncovered compelling evidence of a fierce battle between a Roman gladiator and a lion, rewriting our understanding of ancient combat spectacles. The discovery, made at Driffield ...

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.

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

The skeleton was excavated from Driffield Terrace, one of the most significant Roman-era burial sites in Britain.

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

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

Archeologists in the UK and Ireland recently uncovered a rare find: the skeletal remains of a gladiator from Roman-era ...

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