“These mosaics dating back to the fourth century provide a rare insight into the local history of Hampshire during Roman Britain, shaping our understanding of life in the countryside during this ...

Historical texts, bas-reliefs, pottery, and mosaics depict warriors fighting ... may have served as a gladiator graveyard in Roman Britain. Among other evidence, the numerous skeletal remains ...

Northampton Museum & Art Gallery invites visitors to discover the thrilling world of Roman gladiatorial combat with the arrival of Gladiators of Britain, a major touring exhibition developed in ...

For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is believed to be an ancient Roman gladiator.

Until now, our impression of such bloody face-offs came mostly from mosaics and ... were brought to Britain and explore further the lives of gladiators at the fringes of the Roman Empire.

While there are depictions of these contests in ancient mosaics and texts ... an important town and military base in the north of the Roman province of Britannia. The bite marks provide clues ...

This month’s cover feature takes us to Holme Hall Quarry in South Yorkshire, where archaeologists have uncovered dramatic ...

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 ...

While images of gladiators being bitten by lions have appeared in ancient mosaics and pottery ... speaks about new research about Roman Gladiators in Britain. Credit: Maynooth University The ...

Bite marks on a 1,800-year-old skeleton from Roman Britain suggest that a gladiator was mauled to death by a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study reports. However, scholars who were not ...

In Rome’s Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire ... of these contests in ancient mosaics and texts, actual forensic evidence has ...