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

Discover how droughts contributed to the Barbarian Conspiracy invasion and affected Roman control in southern Britain.

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

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

Archaeologists have confirmed the first physical evidence that a Roman gladiator in Britain died fighting a lion. The ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new study reveals. Researchers argue that Picts, Scotti and Saxons ...

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 ...

The first skeletal evidence of a gladiator show or execution involving an exotic animal comes from a Roman British man with bite marks from a lion.

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

The first physical evidence that gladiators fought animals during the Roman period has been confirmed by researchers.

Using tree-ring data from ancient oaks, the team reconstructed rainfall levels in southern Britain during the years preceding ...