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

Until now, these clashes in the arenas of the empire were only known from written records and artistic representations ...

Archaeologists working at Driffield Terrace, a well-preserved Roman cemetery in York, have uncovered the first direct ...

A Roman skeleton found in York shows bite marks from a lion, offering the first physical evidence of gladiators fighting wild ...

Learn how forensic evidence confirms that gladiator and lion combat did occur, and why experts think these fights didn't just ...

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

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

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

Bite marks discovered on an ancient Roman skeleton in the UK have been hailed as the first ever physical evidence of ...

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.

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

A gruesome new discovery provides the first skeletal proof of humans being attacked by big cats in Roman gladiatorial spectacles. Found in a cemetery near York, the bones show clear bite marks from a ...