1st century C.E. Roman relief portraying gladiators and lions fighting. Roman gladiators’ fights to the death have inspired morbid fascination for millennia. But for something seemingly so ...

(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 ...

This in-depth historical analysis explores how lethal gladiatorial combat truly was in ancient Rome, revealing a system governed by strict rules, professional referees, audience influence, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This oil painting by French artist Firmin Didot (1764-1836) depicts human-animal combat in ancient Rome. New evidence shows it ...

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. The skeleton was excavated and ...

Puncture injuries by large felid scavenging on both sides of bone. A skeleton from Roman-era England has bite marks consistent with those of a large cat like a lion, suggesting that this individual ...

Rather than constant bloodbaths, Roman gladiatorial games were carefully managed events where survival depended on skill, experience, public favor, and economic value. This detailed account examines ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the Roman Empire. A marble relief from first- or second-century Ephesus, ...