Roman texts and artworks are full of depictions of gladiators, the men who fought each other or wild animals to entertain ...

This week, a string of archaeological studies lend insight into Roman gladiators, an ancient crocodile-like beast, and a ...

Ancient texts and modern movies alike depict the Roman Empire as a society that pitted men against animals for bloodsport.

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

New research on a skeleton of a gladiator that was found in York in 2004 shows the distinctive markings of lion's teeth.

Bite marks found on the skeleton of a Roman gladiator are the first archaeological evidence of combat between a human and a ...

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

Until now, these clashes in the arenas of the empire were only known from written records and artistic representations ...

“The bite marks were likely made by a lion, which confirms that the skeletons buried at the cemetery were gladiators, rather than soldiers or slaves, as initially thought and represent the first ...