A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

The first skeletal evidence of a gladiator show or execution involving an exotic animal comes from a Roman British man with bite marks from a lion.

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

exploring the stark truths behind these well-known Roman culture markers, often glamorised in films like Gladiator II. Dr Pearce’s discussion will delve into the reality of these spectacles in ...

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 ...

A replica of this dodecahedron appeared for sale on an internet auction site but the archaeologist who found it says the copy "ripped off" his group's hard work A replica of a Roman dodecahedron ...

Once home to Cornelius Scipio Africanus, a famed Roman general who defeated Hannibal ... as researchers recently discovered—at least one gladiator. According to a translated statement by ...