What landscape architects need to know. The ancient site has a new master plan by Studio Bellesi Giuntoli. By Monica Shenouda ...

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

Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have lesions that looked suspiciously like bite ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

A skeleton of a Roman gladiator with clear traces of big cat bites has been discovered in England. This is the first concrete ...

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

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion.

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

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 ...

Bite marks from a large cat, likely a lion, found in a ancient skeleton are the “first physical evidence” that gladiators ...

During the time the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire ... both men were awarded their freedom. According to ancient writer and historian Pliny the Elder, after a fight, gladiators had a special ...