Archaeologists recently discovered proof of a gladiatorial fight with a lion in an unexpected tourist destination: the city ...

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.

Researchers compared the markings found on an ancient skeleton in England to bones that had been chewed on by cheetahs, lions ...

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

cheetahs and tigers in zoos. The researchers found that the 10 bite marks on the bones of the suspected gladiator closely matched those made on horse bones by zoo lions. Similarities included the ...