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

Are you not entertained? New analysis from the bones of an ancient gladiator discovered in York suggests that British fighters may have been attacked by ferocious big cats during arena battles.

Scientists have determined that bite marks on the pelvis of a man buried in what is believed to be a cemetery for gladiators ...

Returning to the Colosseum for a new, epic journey in ancient Rome. From May 11, “Gladiator II” by Ridley Scott, a sequel to ...

"The implications of our multidisciplinary study are huge," said study lead author and anthropologist professor Tim Thompson.

Gladiators in Roman York were pitted against ... while reliefs and mosaics in the Colosseum show fighters battling large cats. But there has never been any bone evidence to verify the practice.

Images of sparring gladiators, sometimes with one another or with beasts, memorialized in ancient mosaics and pottery recall the Roman Colosseum, “which would have been the classical world’s ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the individual was likely bitten by a lion.

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

Gladiators battling lions for the glory of being in the arena were a popular spectacle of life in ancient Rome. At least, we ...

An American, 47, reportedly tried to climb over a fence in Piazza del Colosseo, presumably to get a closer look at the ...