Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But I’m most interested in how the two films misrepresent the way Roman gladiators and their bodies were viewed by their ...

When most people think of gladiators, they picture dramatic battles in massive arenas filled with cheering crowds. While those spectacles were very real, they only represented a small part of a ...

A gruesome but fascinating discovery in an ancient cemetery near York has brought fresh light to the brutal world of Roman gladiators. For the first time in Europe, scientists have found physical ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This Roman-era relief depicts two female gladiators fighting each other in Halicarnassus, an ...

This rare depiction may be the greatest surviving monument to women in the Roman arena. -The famous Roman satirist Juvenal wrote during the 1st Century AD, around the same time as the poet Martial.

The Colchester vase, dating to the later second century AD. Following Hadrian/Flickr, CC BY-SA In 1853, a Roman vase was found being used as a container for ashes in a grave outside Roman Colchester.

Neither “Gladiator” nor its cinematic sequel is particularly concerned with historical fact. For one thing, the emperor Marcus Aurelius had no intention of restoring the republic. Gladiatorial ...