1st century C.E. Roman relief portraying gladiators and lions fighting. Roman gladiators’ fights to the death have inspired morbid fascination for millennia. But for something seemingly so ...

Ridley Scott masterfully juxtaposes the corrupt heart of an empire with the brutal reality of its fringes in this pivotal ...

Bite marks on the pelvis of a man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain were probably made by a lion in gladiatorial combat. The findings provide the first physical evidence that people battled animals ...

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More regarding the fights of Roman gladiators, specifically their "enemies," has arrived from Serbia. Researchers have seemingly confirmed through the remains of a brown bear (Ursus arctos) that ...

Historians have long believed that ancient humans fought animals in arena battles, but no definitive evidence has been found — until now. An archeological breakthrough two decades in the making has ...

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The scientists have discovered a “fragmented bear skull” that bears the markings of a gladiator’s weapon. What many people know about Roman gladiator fights comes from Hollywood movie scenes. However, ...