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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 ...

Caligula was adored by the people of Rome, too, in part because of their love for Germanicus but also out of sympathy for the ...

A handful of misfit “superheroes” – the weaker ones that can’t fly, won’t behave and don’t have any paid endorsements – have ...

Measuring less than an inch, the jet black charm was likely handcrafted in the fourth century AD, about 300 years after the Romans invaded Britain.

As someone who’s studied Ancient Rome for years, I’ve recently been asked which Roman emperor was most like Donald Trump. In ...

Archaeologists have discovered the first direct evidence that Roman gladiators fought lions, found at a gladiator cemetery in York, England. This discovery sheds new light on the brutal venatio animal ...

A thrilling discovery in York has unveiled the first-ever physical evidence of a human fighting a lion in Roman times, thanks ...

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 ...

This week, a string of archaeological studies lend insight into Roman gladiators, an ancient crocodile-like beast, and a ...

Archaeologists working at Driffield Terrace, a well-preserved Roman cemetery in York, have uncovered the first direct ...

Bite marks from a large cat, likely a lion, found in a ancient skeleton are the “first physical evidence” that gladiators ...