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

While brand new research into a mutilated skeleton exhumed in York has revealed the first-ever proof of gladiators fighting ...

The first Roman skeleton to be found with a lion bite ... as they continue to search for the location of a potential amphitheatre - where such gladiator battles could have taken place.

The first Roman skeleton discovered with a "lion bite", thought to be from a gladiatorial battle in York, is now on display at DIG in ...

The first Roman skeleton discovered with a "lion bite", thought to be from a gladiatorial battle in York, is now on display at DIG in ...

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

If you look at Roman texts and artworks, you’ll see a lot of depictions of gladiators fighting each other or […] ...

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