What was it really like to be an Ancient Roman Gladiator? Did these fighters live a life of fame, fortune and glory? Were ...

Fearsome Roman gladiators dueling for the entertainment of a roaring amphitheater looms large in the cultural imagination, perhaps now more than ever with Ridley Scott’s blockbuster Gladiator sequel, ...

ROMAN Gladiators were not at all ripped like the Hollywood heart-throbs who play them — but were actually “quite fat”, a historian has revealed. Dr Harry Sidebottom says colosseum fighters, who some ...

A rare knife handle in the shape of a gladiator has been discovered at Hadrian’s Wall in the north of England, shining a new light on the celebrity status of the ancient Roman combatants. The copper ...

Popular media, such as the 2000 film "Gladiator," often depict Roman gladiators in gory battles that don't end until at least one of the fighters is slain. But in real life, did gladiators really ...

Hornblower Group's new Colosseum Underground tour brings Roman gladiators' journey to life. (Source: Hornblower Group) Hornblower Group subsidiary Walks Tours just announced a newly reimagined ...

Researchers have found proof that Roman gladiators fighting lions is not just fiction, but it actually happened in real life. A skeleton found in a Roman cemetery in York, UK, is proof that a man ...

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 ...

A Roman-era skeleton from York, northern England, shows signs of having been bitten by a big cat, thus providing the first archaeological evidence that gladiators did battle with lions and other ...