Successful gladiators were the movie stars of the first ... gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization. Given they belonged to such a civilized and sophisticated ...

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 ...

Back then rich Romans would try to make themselves ... a place to live and – if you survived – fame. Gladiators were immensely popular. Many portraits and images of the fighters still survive ...

Once home to Cornelius Scipio Africanus, a famed Roman general who defeated Hannibal ... as researchers recently discovered—at least one gladiator. According to a translated statement by ...

This inscription, which is exceptionally well preserved, constitutes a unique testimony to the perception and memory of these combatants in Roman society. Its presence in Liternum suggests that the ...