Bite marks from a large cat, likely a lion, found in a ancient skeleton are the “first physical evidence” that gladiators ...

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.

Archaeologists say an "exciting analysis" has revealed that a skeleton from a Roman gladiator cemetery was mauled by a lion ...

The skeleton found in York suggests that gladiatorial combats with wild animals extended into Roman provinces.

Blood, sand, and death – for Romans, there was no better entertainment than watching gladiators fight exotic animals in ...