From 180 to 192 C.E., Emperor Commodus ruled ancient Rome with an insatiable lust for power that brought an end to the fabled ...

For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is ...

As its celebrates its 25th anniversary, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story b Gladiator… The production of Gladiator was one ...

Found in France, the site featured more than 100 graves filled with ancient metal artifacts—including bracelets, brooches and ...

A tourist horrified onloers when his attempt to scale a Roman Colosseum fence ended with him being impaled. The 47-year-old man, reportedly an American living in Taiwan, […] ...

Before Paul Mescal donned his armor in Gladiator II, Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix faced off 25 years ago in Gladiator; ...

After witnessing a murder and almost losing his mother, Wesley hit rock bottom. He quit his job and sought help, but only one thing could help him overcome his demons.

A forensic artist has recreated the face of the Roman gladiator who was mauled by a lion in York. Last week, scientists ...

A Roman thought to be a gladiator stares out in a visual reconstruction of a man who met a gruesome end almost 2,000 years ...

Researchers compared the markings found on an ancient skeleton in England to bones that had been chewed on by cheetahs, lions ...

Until now, these clashes in the arenas of the empire were only known from written records and artistic representations ...

Blood, sand, and death – for Romans, there was no better entertainment than watching gladiators fight exotic animals in ...