New research on a skeleton of a gladiator that was found in York in 2004 shows the distinctive markings of lion's teeth.

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 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 ...

Ancient Roman gladiators were often pitted against animals in the arena—animals capable of killing a human being. Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have ...

Researchers have identified bite marks, most likely from a lion, on the pelvis of a man buried in what is believed to be a cemetery for ancient Roman gladiators in England. This may not seem ...

It turns out that the city, famous for its massive gothic Minster cathedral, is also home to a gladiator graveyard. An 1800-year-old cemetery lies on the Roman road leading out of York. Excavation ...

Bite marks on a 1,800-year-old skeleton from Roman Britain suggest that a gladiator was mauled to death by a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study reports. However, scholars who were not ...

Those feline bite marks, preserved on a skeleton interred in northeast England, provide the first physical evidence of a Roman-era battle between a gladiator and a nonhuman animal anywhere in ...

(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 ...