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 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 ...

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, ...

Archaeologists in Switzerland have uncovered the ruins of a Roman-era amphitheater — possibly the youngest on record — where ...

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 ...

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 ...