While images of gladiators being bitten by lions have appeared in ancient mosaics and pottery, this is the only convincing ...

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

Are you not entertained? New analysis from the bones of an ancient gladiator discovered in York suggests that British fighters may have been attacked by ferocious big cats during arena battles.

"The implications of our multidisciplinary study are huge," said study lead author and anthropologist professor Tim Thompson.

The findings center on a single skeleton discovered in a Roman-period cemetery outside ... and York Osteoarchaeology Ltd. It highlights the brutality of these spectacles and their reach beyond ...

Forget the Colosseum and what you've seen in the Gladiator film franchise - the latest evidence of ancient Roman brutality comes not from the heart of Italy, but from a quiet field in Yorkshire.