The battered skull of a brown bear discovered near a Roman amphitheater in Serbia reveals that the wild animal had been kept in captivity for years and was fighting off an infection when it died ...

Ridley Scott may have been ridiculed for portraying gladiators riding rhinos and scrapping with sharks in his latest film. But it seems the real Roman fighters did pick fights with a colourful array ...

SOFIA (Reuters) - The IBF's mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev's representative said on Thursday that the world heavyweight title fight against Briton Anthony Joshua could take place in front of a ...

The fossilized remains of a brown bear were discovered near the Viminacium amphitheater in Serbia, a Roman gladiator. The male brown bear suffered a fracture to its frontal bone, which resulted in an ...

The scientists have discovered a “fragmented bear skull” that bears the markings of a gladiator’s weapon. What many people know about Roman gladiator fights comes from Hollywood movie scenes. However, ...

A gladiator was bitten and probably killed by a lion, reveals the first physical evidence of human combat with animals in Roman times. Bite marks found on the pelvis of a skeleton discovered in a ...

Lions, tigers, and bears. These, among many other exotic animals, are the beasts with which gladiators did battle in amphitheaters across the Roman empire. It’s a spectacle that has long captured the ...

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