Gladiators battling lions for the glory of being in the arena were a popular spectacle of life in ancient Rome. At least, we ...

In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial ...

Ancient texts and modern movies alike depict the Roman Empire as a society that pitted men against animals for bloodsport.

"The implications of our multidisciplinary study are huge," said study lead author and anthropologist professor Tim Thompson.

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Images of sparring gladiators, sometimes with one another or with beasts, memorialized in ancient mosaics and pottery recall the Roman Colosseum, “which would have been the classical world’s ...

Returning to the Colosseum for a new, epic journey in ancient Rome. From May 11, “Gladiator II” by Ridley Scott, a sequel to ...

An American, 47, reportedly tried to climb over a fence in Piazza del Colosseo, presumably to get a closer look at the ...

Discover the Colosseum by night. Every Tue & Thu, join a 60-min guided tour of the arena, underground, and exclusive exhibits ...

Gladiators in Roman York were pitted against ... while reliefs and mosaics in the Colosseum show fighters battling large cats. But there has never been any bone evidence to verify the practice.

Gladiator II has garnered a mix of reactions, securing a 70 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes from critics, yet it has ...