Researchers compared the markings found on an ancient skeleton in England to bones that had been chewed on by cheetahs, lions ...

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 ...

Gladiators were armed fighters in ancient Rome who entertained audiences by battling lions. Archaeologists have discovered the first direct evidence of a gladiator mauled by a lion. The skeleton ...

The osteological evidence, the first of its kind in the world, represents the clearest proof ever found in a skeleton that gladiators fought exotic animals in Britain during Roman times.

A skeleton recovered from an intriguing Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators and animals, according to new research.Related video above ...

The Trustees of the British Museum Supported by By Kate Golembiewski Gladiators battled lions and other wild animals in the arenas of the Roman Empire. But for all the tales of glorious combat ...

It's the first physical evidence of gladiator-animal combat in the Roman Empire. Forced to fight animals and each other for entertainment, gladiators loom large in the public imagination of the ...