While excavating the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., archaeologists recently uncovered drawings of an intense gladiator battle on a ...

(Reuters) -In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, ...

When Vesuvius erupted on August 24 and 25, A.D. 79, some 2,600 inhabitants perished in Pompeii alone (a plaster ... e Caserta/Field Museum, A bronze gladiator helmet with a visor and sculpted ...

Many portraits and images of the fighters still survive and graffiti about gladiators was found on the walls of Pompeii. The gladiators lived in special schools where they trained for their ...

its untimely destruction which killed 20,000 people in a matter of hours.Pompeii was a world where men and women had slaves, where gladiators fought to the death to provide entertainment to the ...

Set in 79 A.D., POMPEII tells the epic story of Milo (Kit Harington), a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia (Emily Browning ...