Ancient texts and modern movies alike depict the Roman Empire as a society that pitted men against animals for bloodsport. But remains unearthed in England are the first physical evidence of ...

Gladiators battling lions for the glory of being in the arena were a popular spectacle of life in ancient Rome. At least, we ...

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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. Bite marks found on a ...

For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is ...

Historians have long believed that ancient humans fought animals in arena battles, but no definitive evidence has been found — until now. An archeological breakthrough two decades in the making has ...

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"Skeletal evidence associated with gladiatorial combat is rare, with most evidence deriving from written or visual sources," the article states. The bite mark was made by a big cat, most likely a ...

Over the past two decades, researchers have unearthed evidence that backs up some of Lopez’s take on gladiator combat and challenges the popular perception of these ancient spectacles.

“Skeletal evidence associated with gladiatorial combat is rare, with most evidence deriving from written or visual sources,” the article states. “A single skeleton from a Roman cemetery ...

Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a brutal clash between a lion and a gladiator in one of England’s most iconic tourist destinations, reported Reuters citing a recent study published in ...