For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is ...

Stratonikeia, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List and known as the "City of Gladiators," is also regarded as one ... The ancient city, which was important not only during the ...

Step into the brutal and fascinating world of Ancient Rome’s gladiators. This animated documentary explores the origins, daily lives, diets, and battles of these iconic warriors, tracing the ...

The discovery of a young man’s remains in a gladiator graveyard in York, England, has shed new light on the brutal history of Roman Britain. Buried between 1,825 and 1,725 years ago, the man’s pelvis ...

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 ...

Photo / Getty Images A funeral steeped in centuries-old tradition is set to take place today as the head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, is farewelled. Between 200,000 and 500,000 ...

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 ...