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 ...

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

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 ...

(Reuters) -In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, ...

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.

Inspired by Scarborough’s rich Roman history and its exceptional ... resembling the appearance of an ancient work recently unearthed. Gaps in the mosaic encourage viewers to use their ...

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

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 ...