Maynooth University anthropologists confirm that Roman gladiators battled wild animals — the 'sport' considerably impacted ...

Scientists have determined that bite marks on the pelvis of a man buried in what is believed to be a cemetery for gladiators ...

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

Animals sometimes were used as agents of execution for captives and criminals — known in Latin as damnatio ad bestias — in ...

In one ancient battle between man and beast, it appears the beast reigned supreme. Researchers have identified bite marks, most likely from a lion, on the pelvis of a man buried in what is believed to ...

An ancient Roman mosaic depicting a scene of an execution known in Latin as 'damnatio ad bestias' which translates to 'condemnation to beasts.' (Will Dunham/Reuters) Gladiator fights were a ...

Animals sometimes were used as agents of execution for captives and criminals - known in Latin as damnatio ad bestias - in which the victim was bound or defenseless, Pearce said. Pearce described ...

known as ‘damnatio ad bestias’,” they wrote. However, the “nature and scale of person-animal combat in Roman Britain is contested”. “While images survive of such confrontations ...