"A sequence of severe summer droughts from 364 to 366 not only contributed to prolonged harvest failures and food shortages, but also played a role in the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a catastrophic ...

CAMBRIDGE, England — Extreme weather, not just barbarian hordes, may have helped bring down Roman Britain. A brutal three-year drought that ravaged Roman Britain in the 360s CE likely helped trigger a ...

The first physical evidence of Roman gladiators fighting animals has been found in skeletal remains from England ...

Bite marks discovered on an ancient Roman skeleton in the UK have been hailed as the first ever physical evidence of ...

Scientists discovered bite marks from a lion on a human skeleton in Roman York, providing the first physical evidence of human-animal gladiatorial combat in Britain The victim was a young adult male ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new Cambridge-led study in Climatic Change reveals. Researchers ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the individual was likely bitten by a lion.

The first skeletal evidence of a gladiator show or execution involving an exotic animal comes from a Roman British man with bite marks from a lion.

A team of archaeologists has found what they claim to be the skeleton of a gladiator who was bitten by a big cat — the first ...

A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis of his remains ...

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Roman Britain's main produce were crops like spelt wheat and six-row barley. Because the province had a wet climate, sowing these crops in spring was more viable than in winter, but this made them ...