Nearly 2,000 years ago this was the line that divided the Roman Empire from the rest ... Rome from hordes of hostile barbarians. Archaeologists studying the frontiers in the 1970s and ’80s ...

Bite marks on a Roman-era skeleton found in York are the first physical evidence gladiators fought animals, experts have said. Teeth imprints from a large cat were found on the pelvis of a man ...

“The pelvis”, he explained, “is not where lions normally attack, so we think this gladiator ... lives of gladiators at the fringes of the Roman Empire.

2012 Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Hadrian's Wall. Map 1: Skinburness (north) to Maryport (south) 2012 Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Hadrian's Wall. Map 2: Cardurnock (west) to Willowholme, Carlisle ...