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

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

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

A team of archaeologists has found what they claim to be the skeleton of a gladiator who was bitten by a big cat — the first physical evidence of gladiator-animal combat in the Roman Empire.

Roman gladiators are set to battle it out once again at the Chiltern Open Air Museum. The re-enactment of these fierce ...

It is "rare for archaeologists to find physical evidence of such combat in the form of Roman gladiators' remains," especially for "something seemingly so well-documented," said Scientific American.

While images of gladiators being bitten by lions have appeared in ancient mosaics and pottery, this is the only convincing ...