Chariot races, gladiators, theater, baths, street food, games and festivals: how Romans relaxed, and where to see the remains in Rome today ...

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

Italian archaeologists recently discovered an ancient Roman bathhouse submerged underwater – and it may have belonged to Rome ...

Now, a shattered skull from Serbia tells the chilling story of one such combatant: a brown bear who lived, suffered, and died ...

Archaeologists determined that the bear had an infected injury and had been held captive for a significant amount of time.

Warning: Full spoilers follow for Gladiator II as well as ancient Roman history circa 200 CE. Ridley Scott’s historical action film Gladiator II has arrived, and as with the 2000 original starring ...

The fossilized remains of a brown bear were discovered near the Viminacium amphitheater in Serbia, a Roman gladiator.The male ...

Being a Roman emperor was a risky job. It wasn't unusual for emperors to be killed by usurpers wanting to remove them from power. They also faced many health challenges, such as death from epidemics ...

The flip-flop mosaic decorated the floor of a cold pool room in the villa's bath complex. Parco Archeologico di Morgantina e Villa Romana del Casale In the ruins of an ancient Roman villa in Italy, ...

Archaeologists believe they have found a bathhouse that once belonged to the Roman lawyer and statesman Cicero. The remains of the ancient baths were found beneath the water in the sunken city of ...