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 ...

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.

Cherubini’s remains were identified in December by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. He was 22 years old at the time of ...

The Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus (lived circa 330 to 395) claimed in his book "Res Gestae" (Latin for "things done" or "things that happened") that the three groups conspi ...

A tourist asked to be whipped by a local wearing a Roman soldier costume as part of an Easter tradition in the Philippines. The holidaymaker visited Marinduque province to witness the annual Holy Week ...

Credit: AP/Eduardo Verdugo The hats of the sayones, meant to imitate the helmets worn by Roman soldiers, are the dominant ...

There hasn’t been as much to celebrate in the early going of the season as the Twins would have liked, but the helmet first ...

Renovations on a soccer field outside of Vienna, Austria, uncovered a Roman-era mass grave that held the remains of roughly 150 males. Experts believe the site was likely a battlefield where a ...

Archaeologists think that as many as 150 individuals may have been hastily buried at the site, likely after a "catastrophic" military event ...

Archaeologists used carbon-14 dating to determine the age of the bones, whilst also examining artifacts including armour and helmet cheek protectors. "The most likely theory at the moment is that this ...

The 129 bodies, which were likely a mix of Roman soldiers and Germanic tribesmen ... which included armor and helmet cheek protectors. "The most likely theory at the moment is that this is ...