One class of ancient Roman gladiator called the hoplomachus was inspired by the equipment and fighting style of the Greek ...

This video explains what it might have been like to live as a Roman gladiator during the 2nd-century Roman Empire. It covers ...

This Roman-era relief depicts two female gladiators fighting each other in Halicarnassus, an ancient city in what is now Turkey. . | Credit: Universal History Archive via Getty Images The Roman Empire ...

For some, summer vacation is a time for destressing by lazing around a pool or on a sunny beach; others would rather use their free time to hone a new skill. Those inspired by the warriors of ...

The British Museum's “Gladiators of Britain,” now at the Grosvenor Museum, sheds fresh light on the realities of spectacle in the northern reaches of the Roman Empire. A tinned, bronze gladiator’s ...

GLADIATORS’ combat had become a martial art by the beginning of the first millennium, according to a controversial theory based on reconstructing the fighters’ tactics from Roman artefacts and ...

In the amphitheater of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott trains his lens on fighters and emperors—but no account of ancient gladiators is complete without its devotees. Eclipsing the modern superfan 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 With the release of ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Gladiators reenacted fights in the amphitheatre of the ancient Roman city of Carnuntum whose archaeological remains stretch over 10 square kilometres (3.86 square miles) in eastern ...

The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights—albeit staged—for the first time in two millennia under a $1.5 million sponsorship deal with Airbnb that aims to promote "a more ...

Tristan Hughes, host of ‘The Ancients’ podcast and mega fan of Ridley Scott’s blockbuster classic Gladiator (2000), reacts to ...

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 ...