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

Gladiators battling lions for the glory of being in the arena were a popular spectacle of life in ancient Rome. At least, we ...

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 ...

Researchers compared the markings found on an ancient skeleton in England to bones that had been chewed on by cheetahs, lions ...

A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis of his remains ...

Tales of gladiators going head-to-head with ferocious lions in ancient Rome’s coliseum are legendary. Scenes of such deadly combat have been portrayed in stories, paintings, and mosaics (a Man versus ...

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

Are you not entertained? New analysis from the bones of an ancient gladiator discovered in York suggests that British fighters may have been attacked by ferocious big cats during arena battles.

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained elusive. Due to this lack of bodily evidence, experts have instead long ...

Gladiator fights were a popular form of entertainment in ancient Rome, and the fighters were ... Ancient poets, Bernard says, described "games where people are put to death through beast hunts ...