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

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 large cat bites has been discovered in England. This is the first ...

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The first physical evidence that gladiators fought animals during the Roman period has been confirmed by researchers.