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 ...

Researchers have identified bite marks, most likely from a lion, on the pelvis of a man buried in what is believed to be a cemetery for ancient Roman gladiators in England. This may not seem ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

and found bite marks from a big cat such as a lion or tiger. It's the first physical evidence of gladiator-animal combat in the Roman Empire. Forced to fight animals and each other for ...