But in real life, did gladiators really fight ... of Roman-era soldiers discovered beneath soccer field in Vienna 'Overkill' injuries on Bronze Age skeletons reveal fierce feuding in ancient ...

An ancient Roman mosaic depicting a scene of an execution known in Latin as 'damnatio ad bestias' which translates to 'condemnation to beasts.' (Will Dunham/Reuters) Gladiator fights were a ...

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

According to the Roman author Ausonius ... Pera could finally make its way to the afterlife. In the ancient world, gladiator fights were commonly regarded as a type of human sacrifice to honor ...

ROME — 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 ...

“When you imagine gladiator fights as a sporting event ... gladiators ranked at the bottom of ancient Rome’s rigidly hierarchical society, along with prostitutes, pimps, and actors.

Tales of gladiators going head-to-head with ferocious lions in ancient Rome’s coliseum are legendary. Scenes of such deadly combat have been portrayed in stories, paintings, and mosaics (a Man versus ...

But despite those accounts and the hundreds of excavated Roman amphitheatres scattered across the ancient empire, none of the approximately 200 suspected gladiator skeletons uncovered so far have ...

Significant legal reforms sparked by the #MeToo movement—especially extended statutes of limitations—have brought to light a ...

What did the concession stand serve at Roman gladiator fights? Dates stuffed with walnuts and drizzled in honey, apparently.

Gladiator fights were a popular form of entertainment in ancient Rome, and the fighters were most often slaves, prisoners and, on occasion, volunteers. There are murals and mosaics depicting ...