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

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

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 ...

Before they could lay the smackdown in the arena, gladiators were professionally trained, combining a physical regimen with an education in the rules of the ring. Gladiator reenactors pose amid ...

Ancient Roman gladiators were often pitted against animals in the arena—animals capable of killing a human being. Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have ...

Travel back a couple thousands of centuries earlier to ancient ... and Roman games as well as Roman theater and other forms of entertainment. Not anyone could sign up to be a gladiator: as with ...

LONDON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Irish actor Paul Mescal follows in Oscar winner Russell Crowe's sandals to fight in the Colosseum in "Gladiator II", the highly anticipated sequel to filmmaker Ridley ...

Gladiators also were pitted against animals. While there are depictions of these contests in ancient ... in arena bouts. "This is a reminder of the spectacle culture central to Roman public ...