Those About to Die takes an in-depth look at the different warriors of ancient Rome, from Gladiator and Charioteers to all their various sub-types.

The best evidence yet that Roman gladiators fought lions: a bite mark For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is ...

Lions vs Gladiators? Archaeologists find gruesome evidence of ancient Roman bloodsports in York A Murmillo gladiator battles a Barbary lion in the Colosseum, painted by a Firmin Didot studio artist.

Bite marks on a Roman-era skeleton found in York are the first physical evidence gladiators fought animals, experts have said. Teeth imprints from a large cat were found on the pelvis of a man ...

Bite marks found on a skeleton in a Roman cemetery in York have provided the first archaeological evidence of an epic battle between a gladiator and a lion.

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.

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 physical evidence of gladiator-animal combat in the Roman Empire.

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion.

Ancient Roman gladiators were often pitted against animals in the arena—animals capable of killing a human being. Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have ...

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion.

Ancient Roman gladiators were often pitted against animals in the arena—animals capable of killing a human being. Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have ...

See you later, gladiator. Archaeologists in Naples, Italy, have shed new light on the lives of Roman gladiators after discovering a tomb for one of these ancient warriors that lay hidden for 2,000 ...