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 ...

I. Gladiators came from many different backgrounds. They largely came from the lower echelons of Roman society. Some of the earliest were prisoners of war, who fought wearing their own culture's ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gladiator culture united this north-western extremity of the Roman Empire with hundreds of ... used this atmospheric sense of a long-buried history to echo the pain of a lost marriage in The ...

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.

Researchers identified a Roman-era gladiator or soldier with partial Scandinavian ancestry ... This tool allows researchers to uncover hidden patterns of migration, offering new insights into the ...

It explores the ‘over-looked’ and misunderstood history of gladiators within Britain with a nod to their lives in Dorset. Visitors to the Dorchester museum will be able to see historical artefacts ...