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

The first physical evidence of gladiator and animal combat during the Roman period has been confirmed by researchers.

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

Bite marks found on the pelvis of a skeleton discovered in a cemetery is the first archaeological proof of gladiator combat ...

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

The findings center on a single skeleton discovered in a Roman-period cemetery outside York in England, a site believed to ...

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

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

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

The first skeletal evidence of a gladiator show or execution involving an exotic animal comes from a Roman British man with bite marks from a lion.

A skeleton in England may have belonged to a gladiator who died fighting a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study finds.