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 third century mosaic lost during World War I likely depicted a gladiatorial scene that challenges widespread assumptions ...

While not everything Hollywood depicts in movies is accurate, what is true is that Roman slaves could win their freedom in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jean-Simon Berthelemy's 1773 painting 'Death of a Gladiator.' Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images The release of Ridley ...

(CN) — A skeleton found in a Roman cemetery in York offers the first physical evidence of a gladiator fighting — and dying — in combat with a lion, or large cat. The research, published Wednesday in ...

The retiarius was a newer class of gladiator. Fighting without a helmet, he was an everyman, a simple fisherman. -So, he has two weapons, which are pretty iconic. He's got a trident over here and a ...

The Romans are famous for their battles in the Colosseum, but how accurate are the scenes portrayed there in the new movie "Gladiator II"? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Gladiators only fought 2-3 times annually, spending most of their time training intensively in gladiator schools called ludus. Their diet was predominantly vegetarian, featuring barley-based meals ...

With the release of Ridley Scott's "Gladiator II," audiences will be plunged back into the cinematic excitement of the Roman amphitheater so vividly captured in its predecessor, "Gladiator." Scott's ...