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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

But for all the tales of glorious combat depicted in ancient texts, marble reliefs and mosaics and then ... the form of a skeleton from a Roman settlement in Britain. It is the first direct ...

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 ...

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 ...