The Rome Colosseum, Verona’s impressive arena – everyone knows Italy’s beloved ancient Roman amphitheatres, synonymous with drama and pomp: gladiator conflicts, bloody spectacles and, still ...

In 203 CE, a young, African Christian woman named Vibia Perpetua was executed in a brutal fashion. She and her fellow Christians were taken to the amphitheatre of Carthage (now in Tunisia), where ...

See you later, gladiator. Archaeologists in Naples, Italy, have shed new light on the lives of Roman gladiators after discovering a tomb for one of these ancient warriors that lay hidden for 2,000 ...