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

Gladiatorial games were among the most dramatic spectacles of ancient Rome, but how were they actually organized and staged? In this video, we uncover the logistics behind the arenas—from recruiting ...

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

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

Lions and tigers and bears, oh yes! In the dust of an ancient Roman arena in Serbia, archaeologists have uncovered a ...

For citizens of the ancient Roman Empire, a trip to the amphitheater meant a thrilling day of entertainment. However, for ...

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

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 ...

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

But Trakonius, a roman gladiator-inspired action-roguelike, achieves an impressive feat. The developer says there are up to ...

Scientists in Serbia have presented the first fossil evidence of a brown bear (Ursus arctos) that took on human fighters in ...

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