Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have lesions that looked suspiciously like bite ...

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

A lion's bite has confirmed the death of a gladiator in an ancient Roman arena - revealing a brutal spectacle far beyond the Colosseum. Archaeologists have found the first physical evidence of ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

A Roman skeleton found in York shows bite marks from a lion, offering the first physical evidence of gladiators fighting wild ...

The skeleton found in York suggests that gladiatorial combats with wild animals extended into Roman provinces.

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

Researchers say the man’s spinal damage, lung inflammation, and lion bite offer a rare glimpse into the brutal reality of ...

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

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