The first physical evidence of Roman gladiators fighting animals has been found in skeletal remains from England ...

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.

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 ...

depict how large animals were captured and transported to Rome for sport. “The exact context for this encounter might have been a contest between a professional beast-fighter and the lion ...