1st century C.E. Roman relief portraying gladiators and lions fighting. Roman gladiators’ fights to the death have inspired morbid fascination for millennia. But for something seemingly so ...

The fossilized remains of a brown bear were discovered near the Viminacium amphitheater in Serbia, a Roman gladiator. The male brown bear suffered a fracture to its frontal bone, which resulted in an ...

From ritual parades to blood-soaked duels, explore a single day in the life (and death) of the most brutal entertainment in ...

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 ...

The scientists have discovered a “fragmented bear skull” that bears the markings of a gladiator’s weapon. What many people know about Roman gladiator fights comes from Hollywood movie scenes. However, ...

(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 ...

Several lines of evidence, including historical records and artistic depictions, suggest that female gladiators did exist in the Roman Empire, but they were much rarer than their male counterparts.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Cavan W. Concannon, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (THE ...