Despite the fame and notoriety attached to gladiators, they were still considered to be lowly types, and Roman citizens of ... The Colosseum in Rome: History's most famous amphitheatre The ...

Successful gladiators were the movie stars of the first ... gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization. Given they belonged to such a civilized and sophisticated ...

Dress a gladiator for battle in the Roman arena of death. Your choice of weapons and armour will decide whether or not he is victorious. Will the emperor grant your gladiator his freedom ...

New research is revealing the remarkable story of one of Britain’s most enigmatic archaeological finds - a Roman gladiator helmet, discovered buried in a field in East Anglia. The artefact, which will ...

With the gladiatrix banned by Septimius Severus in 200 C.E., blotted from Roman history, and overlooked in both “Gladiator II” and its predecessor, it seems we’re still not ready for a woman ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ... of Britain’s most enigmatic archaeological finds - a Roman gladiator helmet, discovered buried in a field in East Anglia.

The Colchester Vase depicts a real battle between a secutor and retiarius gladiator For hundreds of years, bloodthirsty spectators would gather across the Roman Empire to watch gladiators fighting ...

Throughout the film, they spend their reign carousing and watching gladiator fights in the Colosseum. Then Caracalla turns on his brother, murdering him, and parading his head around the Roman Senate.

The real history of Jewish gladiators, from Reish Lakish to Kirk Douglas. In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted in southern Italy, burying the nearby Roman city of Pompeii in scalding stone and ash.