But for all the tales of glorious combat depicted in ancient texts ... form of a skeleton from a Roman settlement in Britain. It is the first direct evidence of a gladiator mauled by a lion.

Ancient Roman gladiators were often pitted against ... It appeared that this gladiator had, at one point, ended up in the jaws of a lion. “The analysis of the lesions on skeleton 6DT19 provides ...

Man's skeleton found at probable gladiator cemetery in York Remains ... amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial spectacles were not merely human ...

(CN) — A skeleton found in a Roman cemetery in York offers the first physical evidence of a gladiator fighting — and dying — in combat with a lion, or large cat. The research, published Wednesday in ...

Tales of gladiators going head-to-head with ferocious lions in ancient Rome’s ... animal gladiatorial combat in Roman Britain) The evidence comes not from Italy, but, rather a Roman cemetery in York, ...

In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire ... final moments of the man in York. The gladiator may have donned combined protective ...

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 ...

Now archaeologists have found the first physical evidence of a gladiator locked ... that had been used in Roman gladiatorial shows. They also chemically analyzed the ancient Roman bones to confirm ...

Those feline bite marks, preserved on a skeleton interred in northeast England, provide the first physical evidence of a Roman-era battle between a gladiator and a nonhuman animal anywhere in ...

The idea of a Roman gladiator taking on a lion might sound like something from the recent blockbuster, Gladiator II. But it was a reality for one brave fighter 1,800 years ago - and we're not ...