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

For casual visitors, the Colosseum is often seen as a symbol of ancient Rome's architectural prowess and its brutal entertainments. However, the arena's true complexity lies in its sophisticated ...

A Roman thought to be a gladiator stares out in a visual reconstruction of a man who met a gruesome end almost 2,000 years ...

A thrilling discovery in York has unveiled the first-ever physical evidence of a human fighting a lion in Roman times, thanks to bite marks found on a skeleton in a gladiator cemetery. This adds a ...

Researchers think gladiator-style arena events were occurring there as ... of the culture and lifestyle far from the reaches of the Colosseum in Rome. Burials did not take place within settlements ...