Female gladiators were a rarity in Ancient Rome, but the role they played was fascinating. Read on to find out more.

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 ...

that they were the son of a gladiator because their mother was … you know.” In ancient Rome, the fighters’ games were a ...

The forgotten truth behind Rome's Colosseum is its construction using Jewish war spoils and the forced labor of thousands of ...

Gladiators would attend demanding ... Roman comedy began to find its footing. According to the ancient Roman historian Livy, the Roman theater evolved in five stages, beginning first with dances ...

Did Jewish gladiators even exist? It’s at least as likely that Jews took to the arena in ancient Rome as it was that gladiators fought sharks, a key plot point of Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator ...

Archaeologists in Naples, Italy, have shed new light on the lives of Roman gladiators after discovering a tomb for one of these ancient warriors that lay hidden for 2,000 years. The findings offer ...

Researchers have identified bite marks, most likely from a lion, on the pelvis of a man buried in what is believed to be a cemetery for ancient Roman gladiators in England. This may not seem ...

This tiny Roman gladiator figurine used to be the handle ... a fascination—and even “sex appeal”—connected to the ancient fighters. News of the rare discovery comes right as the sequel ...