Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...

Archaeologists recently discovered proof of a gladiatorial fight with a lion in an unexpected tourist destination.

"The implications of our multidisciplinary study are huge," said study lead author and anthropologist professor Tim Thompson.

Until now, these clashes in the arenas of the empire were only known from written records and artistic representations ...