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 ...

Regardless, the discovery adds a fresh twist to Roman history as the ... with heavily armored gladiators ('secutors') facing those bearing lighter armor ('retiarius'). At venues, gladiatorial ...

Once home to Cornelius Scipio Africanus, a famed Roman general who defeated Hannibal ... as researchers recently discovered—at least one gladiator. According to a translated statement by ...

With your neck, your sides, your hard, gladiator's body: you drained down enough wine at Hippia's wedding that you had to ...