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 skeleton in England may have belonged to a gladiator who died fighting a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study finds.

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

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

"The implications of our multidisciplinary study are huge," said study lead author and anthropologist professor Tim Thompson.

Archaeologists in Switzerland have uncovered the ruins of a Roman-era amphitheater — possibly the youngest on record — where ...

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

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

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion.

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

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