As It Happens 6:16 Did Roman gladiators really fight animals? This one has the bite marks to prove it. In one ancient battle between man and beast, it appears the beast reigned supreme.

A gruesome but fascinating discovery in an ancient cemetery near York has brought fresh light to the brutal world of Roman ...

The first physical evidence of Roman gladiators fighting animals has been found in skeletal remains from England. Skip to main content. Scientific American. April 23, 2025. 3 min read.

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An Ancient Roman stone relief depicting a gladiator fighting lions. ... An archeological breakthrough two decades in the making has provided the first proof that gladiators did indeed fight animals.

Gladiators battled lions and other wild animals in the arenas of the Roman Empire. But for all the tales of glorious combat depicted in ancient texts, marble reliefs and mosaics and then retold in ...

Gladiator spectacles involving wild cats, bears, elephants, and other animals are frequently described in Roman art and texts. But despite those accounts and the hundreds of excavated Roman ...

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

Gladiator fights were a popular form of entertainment in ancient Rome, and the fighters were most often slaves, prisoners and, on occasion, volunteers. There are murals and mosaics depicting ...

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

Scientists "may never know what brought this man to the arena where we believe he may have been fighting for the entertainment of others," but it is "remarkable that the first osteoarchaeological ...