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

From 180 to 192 C.E., Emperor Commodus ruled ancient Rome with an insatiable lust for power that brought an end to the fabled ...

In Rome’s Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the first direct evidence of Roman gladiators fighting lions. Discover the shocking details ...

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

“Or it could have been a form of execution in which a criminal is exposed to wild ... were part of the culture and lifestyle ...

The circuitous procession traversed the Tiber River and symbols of the city’s ancient power, the Roman Forum and Colosseum, ...

but it is remarkable that the first osteoarchaeological evidence for this kind of gladiatorial combat has been found so far from the Colosseum of Rome, which would have been the classical world ...

ROME, April 24 — In Rome’s Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered ... Animals sometimes were used as agents of execution for captives and criminals - known in Latin as damnatio ad ...

"The implications of our multidisciplinary study are huge," said study lead author and anthropologist professor Tim Thompson.