A dramatic new discovery from a Roman cemetery in York has revealed the first osteological proof of gladiator combat with ...

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 ...

Strontium isotope testing of their teeth revealed that they were not born ... Rather than seeking to permanently occupy ...

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 ...