For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is believed to be an ancient Roman gladiator. Artists have long depicted ...

In Rome’s Colosseum and other amphitheatres in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial spectacles were not merely human-versus-human affairs. Gladiators also ...

Gladiators battled lions and other wild animals in the arenas of the Roman Empire. But for all the tales of combat depicted in ancient texts, marble reliefs and mosaics, and then retold in movies and ...

In Rome’s Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial spectacles were not merely human-versus-human affairs. Gladiators also were ...

https://talker.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/SWSYgladiator01052025.mov The Roman gladiator who was killed by a lion. (Hew Morrison via SWNS) By Amy Reast A forensic ...

A forensic artist has recreated the face of the Roman gladiator who was mauled by a lion in York. Last week, scientists revealed bite marks found on the pelvis of a skeleton discovered in a Roman ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a 'wonderful' penis pendant at Vindolanda, the historic Roman fort in Northumberland. Measuring less than an inch, the jet black charm was likely handcrafted in the ...

Gladiators depicted in a painting by Jean Léon Gérôme. Credit: Jean Léon Gérôme / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons Archaeologists have uncovered the first physical proof that Roman gladiators once ...

Gladiators were armed fighters in ancient Rome who entertained audiences by battling lions. Archaeologists have discovered the first direct evidence of a gladiator mauled by a lion. The skeleton ...

The skeleton was one of 82 excavated in a 2004 dig at the Driffield Terrace cemetery in York, one of the only known Roman-era burial ... Crowe in the 2000 film Gladiator. Picture: Supplied The ...