Rocks from Greenland found on Iceland's west coast could link the late Roman Empire's fall to a spell of sudden climate ...

Geological evidence off the coast of Iceland suggests climate change as a key factor in the decline of the Roman Empire.

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

For most humans who have breathed Earth's air over the course of history, our deaths have disappeared from record, as ...

A team of archaeologists has found what they claim to be the skeleton of a gladiator who was bitten by a big cat — the first ...

"A sequence of severe summer droughts from 364 to 366 not only contributed to prolonged harvest failures and food shortages, ...

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

Are you not entertained? New analysis from the bones of an ancient gladiator discovered in York suggests that British ...

Archaeologists solved the mystery of the ruins of the Desolate Castle, determining that the mysterious site on the Danube ...

It's the first-ever evidence of man-lion combat found in the Roman period.

Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have lesions that looked suspiciously like bite ...

A skeleton recovered from a Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators ...