Historians have long believed that ancient humans fought animals in arena battles, but no definitive evidence has been found ...

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

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

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

The first physical evidence of Roman gladiators fighting animals has been found in skeletal remains from England ...

Researchers compared the markings found on an ancient skeleton in England to bones that had been chewed on by cheetahs, lions ...

Archaeologists have discovered the first direct evidence of a gladiator mauled by a lion. The skeleton, discovered two ...

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

In Rome’s Colosseum and other ... Gladiators also were pitted against animals. While there are depictions of these contests in ancient mosaics and texts, actual forensic evidence has been ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a remarkably well-preserved dog from ancient Rome – and the discovery ... a deceased human’s grave. The animals were often ritually killed ...

(Reuters) -In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters ... the first known direct physical evidence of human-animal combat from ancient Roman times, the researchers said. Wild animals used in ...