The researchers identified no other major droughts in southern Britain in the period 350–500 CE and found that other parts of ...

The groundbreaking study led by a professor at Maynooth University in Ireland found physical evidence of "Roman gladiatorial ...

Scientists link the 367 CE Barbarian invasion of Roman Britain to severe drought, revealing climate’s hidden role in the ...

In a nutshell Tree-ring data shows southern Britain endured three back-to-back droughts from 364 to 366 CE, likely triggering ...

Archaeologists have confirmed the first physical evidence that a Roman gladiator in Britain died fighting a lion. The ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...

A gruesome new discovery provides the first skeletal proof of humans being attacked by big cats in Roman gladiatorial ...

The findings center on a single skeleton discovered in a Roman-period cemetery outside York in England, a site believed to ...

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

A skeleton in England may have belonged to a gladiator who died fighting a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study finds.

It's the first-ever evidence of man-lion combat found in the Roman period.