Ancient texts and modern movies alike depict the Roman Empire as a society that pitted men against animals for bloodsport.

Though dramatic images of ancient Roman gladiators fighting great beasts like lions and tigers have appeared in books and ...

A thrilling discovery in York has unveiled the first-ever physical evidence of a human fighting a lion in Roman times, thanks ...

A Roman skeleton found in York shows bite marks from a lion, offering the first physical evidence of gladiators fighting wild ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...

The first physical evidence of Roman gladiators fighting animals has been found in skeletal remains from England ...

Archaeologists have discovered the first direct evidence of a gladiator mauled by a lion. The skeleton, discovered two ...

A new study uncovers evidence of gladiatorial combat between humans and lions in Roman Britain. Forensic analysis of a ...