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

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

Archeologists have uncovered the burial in Liternum, an ancient town in Campania that flourished from the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD.

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

A 1,800-year-old skeleton discovered in Roman Britain bears bite marks suggesting a violent ... and many were decapitated—a practice associated with defeated gladiators. The study proposes two ...

Americans hated offal. Now it’s a trendy food—in grocery stores and online.

Ottawa Senators fans roared approval of their up-and-coming squad after their season ended on home ice in Game 6. Rarely has ...