In April 2025, archaeologists announced the discovery of the first hard physical evidence of gladiatorial combat head-to-head ...

A gruesome but fascinating discovery in an ancient cemetery near York has brought fresh light to the brutal world of Roman ...

As It Happens 6:16 Did Roman gladiators really fight animals? This one has the bite marks to prove it. In one ancient battle between man and beast, it appears the beast reigned supreme.

Popular media, such as the 2000 film "Gladiator," often depict Roman gladiators in gory battles that don't end until at least one of the fighters is slain. But in real life, did gladiators really ...

The Roman gladiatrix, though, is a well-kept secret. She has appeared in few pieces of media, among them a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator” — the famous ...

Artists have long depicted Roman gladiators battling it out against big cats as you can see in this mosaic created in A.D. 320 in Rome. However, there has never been any physical evidence to ...

Roman gladiators’ fights to the death have inspired morbid fascination for millennia. But for something seemingly so well-documented, it’s rare for archaeologists find physical evidence of ...

A Roman Gladiator and a Lion Met in Combat. Only One Walked Away. A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the Roman Empire.

A Roman gladiator’s skeleton has provided the first piece of physical evidence of combat between a human and a large cat, archaeologists said. The skeleton, ...

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 ...

University of York. (2025, April 23). Skeletal evidence of Roman gladiator bitten by lion in combat. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 04 ...

A gruesome but fascinating discovery in an ancient cemetery near York has brought fresh light to the brutal world of Roman gladiators. For the first time in Europe, scientists have found physical ...