What many people know about Roman gladiator fights comes from Hollywood movie scenes. However, archaeologists and historians ...

When you think of gladiators, you probably picture men with swords. But in Roman arenas, the opponents gladiators faced weren ...

The gory world of 'Spartacus' is returning to Starz with 'House of Ashur.' Here's everything you need to know about the ...

The artifacts and artworks on display paint a refreshingly broad picture of Roman life in the northern reaches of the Empire.

1st century C.E. Roman relief portraying gladiators and lions fighting. Roman gladiators’ fights to the death have inspired morbid fascination for millennia. But for something seemingly so ...

It turns out that the “Gladiator” movies’ lurid depictions of man-on-beast gladiatorial bouts aren’t as far-fetched as some ...

A gruesome but fascinating discovery in an ancient cemetery near York has brought fresh light to the brutal world of Roman gladiators. For the first time in Europe, scientists have found physical ...

Many ancient records detail Romans’ use of brown bears in entertainment, according to Antiquity. They were apparently trained ...

Gladiator 2 by Ridley Scott arrived with as much elegance as a Roman chariot crashing into a mob. Critics, historians, and viewers found plenty to lament about the film with respect to its plot, the ...

Neither “Gladiator” nor its cinematic sequel is particularly concerned with historical fact. For one thing, the emperor Marcus Aurelius had no intention of restoring the republic. Gladiatorial ...

Neither Gladiator nor its cinematic sequel is particularly concerned with historical fact. For one thing, the emperor Marcus Aurelius had no intention of restoring the republic. Gladiatorial contests ...