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

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

The bear suffered a fracture to its frontal bone, and there were marks on its teeth from chewing at the bars of a cage.

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

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 ...

If there's one thing that's iconic about the Gladiator franchise, it is its many gladiatorial fights—though not all duels are ...