Several lines of evidence, including historical records and artistic depictions, suggest that female gladiators did exist in ...

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 ...

From ritual parades to blood-soaked duels, explore a single day in the life (and death) of the most brutal entertainment in ...

This tiny Roman gladiator figurine used to be the handle on a folding knife. English Heritage Divers have discovered a 2,000-year-old copper knife handle, carved in the shape of a tiny gladiator, in ...

Italian archaeologists recently unearthed ancient Roman tombs during the excavation of a necropolis – including one bearing the epitaph of a gladiator. The discovery was announced by the Archaeology, ...

But I’m most interested in how the two films misrepresent the way Roman gladiators and their bodies were viewed by their republic-minded contemporaries. In the films, the brawny biceps of gladiators ...

W elcome to a new monthly bonus edition of Plot Twist. I think about ancient Rome more than most (so much so that I’ve ...

ROME, Italy — The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights — albeit staged — for the first time in two millennia under a $1.5 million sponsorship deal with Airbnb that aims to ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...