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

It turns out that the city, famous for its massive gothic Minster cathedral, is also home to a gladiator graveyard. An 1800-year-old cemetery lies on the Roman road leading out of York. Excavation ...

A new study uncovers evidence of gladiatorial combat between humans and lions in Roman Britain. Forensic analysis of a ...

The groundbreaking study led by a professor at Maynooth University in Ireland found physical evidence of "Roman gladiatorial ...

Roman gladiators’ fights to the death have inspired morbid fascination for millennia. But for something seemingly so well-documented, it’s rare for archaeologists find physical evidence of ...

You don't have to be one of those people who can't go a single day without thinking about the Roman Empire to know about the ...

Blood, sand, and death – for Romans, there was no better entertainment than watching gladiators fight exotic animals in ...

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

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 ...

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