A skeleton of a Roman gladiator with clear traces of big cat bites has been discovered in England. This is the first evidence of gladiator fights with animals in Europe. A skeleton of a Roman ...

Archaeologists have analysed a skeleton from a probable "gladiator graveyard" in the UK, and found bite marks from a big cat such as a lion or tiger. It's the first physical evidence of gladiator ...

The skeleton was one of 82 excavated in a 2004 ... the size and shape of the bite marks using samples from large cats at London Zoo. They concluded the injuries were consistent with those from ...