Rome’s infamous Gladiators have captured ... sword that was commonly used by Greek soldiers. While swords were common ...

For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is ...

Researchers think gladiator-style arena events were occurring there as ... an associate professor of Greek and Roman studies at Carleton University in Ottawa. Neel was not involved in the research.

(Disappointingly, gladiators appear not to ... Dave Yoder Most of the hypogeum—from the Greek word for "underground"—was directly beneath the arena floor. The hidden section was two stories ...

In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial spectacles were not merely human-versus-human affairs. Gladiators also were ...

New analysis from the bones of an ancient gladiator discovered in York suggests that British fighters may have been attacked by ferocious big cats during arena battles. Forget the Colosseum and ...

Dress a gladiator for battle in the Roman arena of death. Your choice of weapons and armour will decide whether or not he is victorious. Will the emperor grant your gladiator his freedom ...