Hadrian’s Wall — a 73-mile construction across northern Britain that marked the frontier of the Roman Empire — is no stranger to penis imagery. The nearly 2,000-year-old example of Roman engineering ...

A skeleton recovered from a Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators ...

Images of gladiators being mauled by lions have been featured on mosaics and pottery, but this is the first time skeletal ...

A skeleton in England may have belonged to a gladiator who died fighting a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study finds.

The findings center on a single skeleton discovered in a Roman-period cemetery outside York in England, a site believed to ...

Roman generals and emperors offer important lessons about the dangers of authoritarian rule. In an attempt to always appear ...

The findings highlight the wide-ranging effects of the Roman Empire across England, showing that gladiator arenas that featured animals imported from other countries were part of the culture and ...

The groundbreaking study led by a professor at Maynooth University in Ireland found physical evidence of "Roman gladiatorial ...

"It also raises important questions about the importance and transport of exotic animals across the Roman Empire ... and vice president for students and learning at Maynooth University, Ireland ...

The find sheds more light on Roman Britain and how people across the empire were entertained ... and vice president for students and learning at Maynooth University, Ireland.