A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis of his remains ...

New, almost life-size statues discovered in a necropolis in Pompeii. Details about the possible Roman priestess.

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

The first skeletal evidence of a gladiator show or execution involving an exotic animal comes from a Roman British man with bite marks from a lion.

It's the first-ever evidence of man-lion combat found in the Roman period.

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

This week, a string of archaeological studies lend insight into Roman gladiators, an ancient crocodile-like beast, and a ...

The skeleton was excavated from Driffield Terrace, one of the most significant Roman-era burial sites in Britain.

Languages: English. It has been revealed that the skeletal remains of a man from Roman-era Britain show he was bitten by a large cat like a lion, meaning that he may well have been a combatant who ...