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

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

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

Tales of gladiators going head-to ... occurring at the grand surroundings of the Colosseum in Rome, but these latest findings show that these sporting events had a far reach, well beyond the center of ...

A new study uncovers evidence of gladiatorial combat between humans and lions in Roman Britain. Forensic analysis of a ...

The findings highlight the Roman Empire’s sweeping impact across Britain — lending direct evidence that Roman culture and ...

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

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

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

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

Gladiators in Roman York were pitted against lions, archaeologists have proved. During the Roman Empire, contemporary authors ...

It's the first-ever evidence of man-lion combat found in the Roman period.