New research suggests a skeleton which belonged to a gladiator was mauled by a lion or another big cat during combat.

A skeleton recovered from an intriguing Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between ...

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

Gladiators in Roman York were pitted against lions, archaeologists have proved. During the Roman Empire, contemporary authors ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...

Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered an ancient Roman horse cemetery, including one rare burial revealing an emotional ...

Baldur's Gate 3's nod to Gorion is a really heavy man, for some reason. Lord Gregorian Gorion is by far the most dense being ...

Archaeologists have discovered over 100 horse skeletons from Roman times, dating back to the 2nd century AD. These horse ...

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

Archaeologists have revealed further details about 300 skeletons discovered underneath a site currently under development by ...