Archaeologists recently discovered proof of a gladiatorial fight with a lion in an unexpected tourist destination: the city ...

Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...

This week, a string of archaeological studies lend insight into Roman gladiators, an ancient crocodile-like beast, and a ...

Bite marks found on the skeleton of a Roman gladiator are the first archaeological evidence of combat between a human and a ...

Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have lesions that looked suspiciously like bite ...

Roman texts and artworks are full of depictions of gladiators, the men who fought each other or wild animals to entertain ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

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

It's the first-ever evidence of man-lion combat found in the Roman period.

A forensic artist has recreated the face of the Roman gladiator who was mauled by a lion in York. Get any of our free email ...

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

New research on a skeleton of a gladiator that was found in York in 2004 shows the distinctive markings of lion's teeth.