(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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This Roman-era relief depicts two female gladiators fighting each other in Halicarnassus, an ...

Key Takeaways Gladiators only fought 2-3 times annually, spending most of their time training intensively in gladiator ...

Once thought an athlete, this Roman statuette may depict a female gladiator in combat pose. Curators long believed this Roman statuette showed a female athlete. But high-resolution imaging reveals ...

Ridley Scott may have been ridiculed for portraying gladiators riding rhinos and scrapping with sharks in his latest film. But it seems the real Roman fighters did pick fights with a colourful array ...

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 ...

MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REWARD. CALIFORNIA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCED NEW CHARGES AGAINST 30 OFFICERS WORKING AT A JUVENILE HALL IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, ACCUSED OF MAKING THE CHILDREN AT THAT DETENTION ...

The Roman amphitheater in Verona has been used as a venue for various different spectacles throughout the ages for almost ...