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

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion.

The ancient silver coins feature the images of 11 Roman emperors and empresses, including Nero and Marcus Aurelius.

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

A skeleton of a Roman gladiator with clear traces of big cat bites has been discovered in England. This is the first evidence ...

In this three-hour Ancient Rome tour, we will look closely at this period and how, under the influence of the first emperors, Rome rapidly developed into one of the greatest capitals of the ancient ...

Are you not entertained? New analysis from the bones of an ancient gladiator discovered in York suggests that British ...

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

Roman Empire city builder Citadelum just got a lot bigger with a substantive overhaul from developer Abylight. The historical strategy game has launched its 2.0 ‘Julius’ update, a big, free ...

New evidence supporting the former argument comes from oddly out-of-place rocks collected not from modern areas of the ancient Roman empire, but from Iceland. Although the region is known ...

The Late Antique Little Ice Age lasted 200-300 years, and began around 540 CE. 31,560 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?31,560 people played the daily ...

Ancient Greek and Roman warships were equipped with bronze rams to smash and sink enemy vessels – and a team of archaeologists has just recreated one. They plan to test the weapon on replica ...