The idea of a Roman gladiator taking on a lion might sound like something from the recent blockbuster, Gladiator II. But it was a reality for one brave fighter 1,800 years ago - and we're not ...

According to the Yale University Art Gallery, "the painted decoration reflects Roman iconography of victory, including an eagle with a laurel wreath, winged Victories and a lion." The shield was ...

How a lion ended up in Britain is something of a mystery. It was previously thought that more exotic species were limited to Rome, but further investigation into Roman depictions of venationes and ...

It has been revealed that the skeletal remains of a man from Roman-era Britain show he was bitten by a large cat like a lion, meaning that he may well have been a combatant who died in a gladiator ...

Bite marks on the pelvis of a man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain were probably made by a lion in gladiatorial combat. The findings provide the first physical evidence that people battled ...

Sure enough, the Roman combatant’s injuries were best explained by a lion’s bite. However, the hip bite probably isn’t what killed 6DT19. “We think the individual was incapacitated in some ...

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. Bite marks found on a ...

A forensic artist has recreated the face of the Roman gladiator who was mauled by a lion in York. Last week, scientists revealed bite marks found on the pelvis of a skeleton discovered in a Roman ...

Whether bitten by a lion during a gladiator show or an execution, the man’s wounds indicate that Roman authorities transported animals from as far away as North Africa to Britain for public ...