PBS: A Roman Satirist Mocked Female Fighters. Was He Describing Real Gladiators?
Roman gladiators’ fights to the death have inspired morbid fascination for millennia. But for something seemingly so well-documented, it’s rare for archaeologists find physical evidence of such combat ...
New York Post: ‘Rare’ lost tomb of Roman gladiator found 2,000 years later in ‘extraordinary’ discovery: scientists
Archaeologists in Naples, Italy, have shed new light on the lives of Roman gladiators after discovering a tomb for one of these ancient warriors that lay hidden for 2,000 years. The findings offer a ...
‘Rare’ lost tomb of Roman gladiator found 2,000 years later in ‘extraordinary’ discovery: scientists
The British Museum's “Gladiators of Britain,” now at the Grosvenor Museum, sheds fresh light on the realities of spectacle in the northern reaches of the Roman Empire. A tinned, bronze gladiator’s ...
MSN: This 1,700-Year-Old Skull is the First Evidence of a Gladiator Bear in the Roman Empire
When you think of gladiators, you probably picture men with swords. But in Roman arenas, the opponents gladiators faced weren’t always human. Sometimes they were wild animals dragged from the forests ...
This 1,700-Year-Old Skull is the First Evidence of a Gladiator Bear in the Roman Empire
MSN: Nicola Adams: 'I have always wanted to go on Gladiators and I got my chance'
Nicola Adams: 'I have always wanted to go on Gladiators and I got my chance'
In ancient Rome, being the 10th man wasn’t just unlucky—it could be deadly. Roman discipline was so brutal, your own comrades might be ordered to kill you. Housing market map shows steepest price ...