Students in Germany will soon be able to add "gladiator" to their resumes. A project at the University of Regensburg will train 20 male students to live and fight in true 78 AD style. That means ...

When you think of gladiators, you probably picture men with swords. But in Roman arenas, the opponents gladiators faced weren ...

Analysis by experts from York Osteoarchaeology Ltd. revealed that the skeleton belonged to a powerfully built male aged between 36 and 45, who stood around 5 feet, 10 inches tall. "This was a huge man ...

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The following contains minor spoilers for "Gladiator II." Save for a few wisps of time-worn text and a bit of sharp-edged stone, little is left on this earth that tells the gladiatrix’s story. Thought ...

What many people know about Roman gladiator fights comes from Hollywood movie scenes. However, archaeologists and historians ...