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

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

A skeleton from Roman-era England has bite marks consistent with those of a large cat like a lion, suggesting that this individual may have died as part of a gladiator show or execution, according to ...

This oil painting by French artist Firmin Didot (1764-1836) depicts human-animal combat in ancient Rome. New evidence shows it likely occurred as far away as Roman Britain. Credit: Public Domain ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the individual was likely bitten by a lion.

A study has uncovered the first physical evidence of human-animal gladiatorial ... University speaks about new research about Roman Gladiators in Britain. Credit: Maynooth University The research ...

Scientists discovered bite marks from a lion on a human skeleton in Roman York, providing the first physical evidence of human-animal gladiatorial combat in Britain The victim was a young adult ...

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

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

A Roman-era skeleton from York ... Previously, these fabled human-animal contests were only known from written and artistic sources, leading many scholars to question whether the brutal encounters ...

NO ARCHIVES An ancient Roman mosaic depicting a scene of an execution known in Latin as 'damnatio ad bestias' which translates to 'condemnation to beasts', with a leopard leaping onto the human ...