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

Are you not entertained? New analysis from the bones of an ancient gladiator discovered in York suggests that British ...

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

Images of gladiators being mauled by lions have been featured on mosaics and pottery, but this is the first time skeletal evidence of the fighting has been found. Image: An ancient Roman mosaic ...

Tales of gladiators going head-to-head with ferocious lions in ancient Rome’s coliseum are legendary. Scenes of such deadly combat have been portrayed in stories, paintings, and mosaics (a Man versus ...

The groundbreaking study led by a professor at Maynooth University in Ireland found physical evidence of "Roman gladiatorial ...

In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in ... While there are depictions of these contests in ancient mosaics and texts, actual forensic evidence has been elusive, until now.

but reached the far-flung corners of the Roman Empire, including ancient Eboracum (now York). Until now, our impression of such bloody face-offs came mostly from mosaics and pottery, where lions ...

The work, Roman Mosaic c. 2025, will cover the floor of ... “Here in Scarborough, we are creating new ancient work about the sea and the creatures within it which also hints at the possibility ...

but reached the far-flung corners of the Roman Empire, including ancient Eboracum (now York). Until now, our impression of such bloody face-offs came mostly from mosaics and pottery, where lions ...

Blood, sand, and death – for Romans, there was no better entertainment than watching gladiators fight exotic animals in ...