A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis of his remains ...

In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial ...

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

Learn how forensic evidence confirms that gladiator and lion combat did occur, and why experts think these fights didn't just ...

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

While images of gladiators being bitten by lions have appeared in ancient mosaics and pottery, this is the only convincing ...

The findings center on a single skeleton discovered in a Roman-period cemetery outside York in England, a site believed to ...

Colin Coulter is Professor of Sociology in Maynooth University, and the coordinator of the inaugural Maynooth Festival of ...

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

The discovery on remains found in York highlight how humans fighting large cats was entertainment on the edge of the Roman ...

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 skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of ...