The site, which likely once housed a roman cavalry unit, shows evidence of the respect soldiers had for their mounts.

A thrilling discovery in York has unveiled the first-ever physical evidence of a human fighting a lion in Roman times, thanks to bite marks found on a skeleton in a gladiator cemetery. This adds a ...

A gruesome new discovery provides the first skeletal proof of humans being attacked by big cats in Roman gladiatorial spectacles. Found in a cemetery near York, the bones show clear bite marks from a ...

The Holy Lance—said to be the weapon used by a Roman centurion (traditionally identified as Longinus) to pierce Christ’s side during the crucifixion—has been venerated since the 6th century ...

The Roman soldier thus received a sum, intended in part for his ration of salt, the salarium (money for salt), which gave us our word “salary.” Its value does not diminish during religious ...

Archaeologists working at Driffield Terrace, a well-preserved Roman cemetery in York, have uncovered the first direct ...

Rocks from Greenland found on Iceland's west coast could link the late Roman Empire's fall to a spell of sudden climate ...

Bite marks from a large cat, likely a lion, found in a ancient skeleton are the “first physical evidence” that gladiators ...

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

A tourist asked to be whipped by a local wearing a Roman soldier costume as part of an Easter tradition in the Philippines. The holidaymaker visited Marinduque province to witness the annual Holy Week ...

Hundreds of people marched through Maidenhead town centre to commemorate the ‘powerful message’ of Good Friday at the annual ...

A free two-day festival is set to take place in Leicester to celebrate both St George's Day and the city's Roman heritage. A ...