After commissioning working replicas of gladiator weapons and armor ... A discovery made a few years ago at an ancient Roman site in Austria known as Carnuntum shows where they got it.

According to a statement from English Heritage, the gladiator figurine was once attached to a folding knife. Two divers ...

Italian archaeologists recently unearthed ancient Roman tombs during the excavation of a necropolis – including one bearing the epitaph of a gladiator. The discovery was announced by the ...

Travel back a couple thousands of centuries earlier to ancient ... and Roman games as well as Roman theater and other forms of entertainment. Not anyone could sign up to be a gladiator: as with ...

The most feared weapons of ... be defeated by Roman troops, the war elephant was a mainstay in antiquity thanks to the campaigns conducted by the Persians and ancient Indians.

Pack up your dusty sandals and brutal weapons, folks. It's time for "Gladiator II" and our collective return to glorious if savage ancient Rome ... II" shows the Roman Colosseum as it likely ...

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society ... Despite written evidence and physical relics like weapons and armor, the lack of forensic information made it especially ...

Strong warriors armed with exotic weapons ... Gladiator II features myriad characters from all over the ancient world, which does accurately reflect the multicultural nature of the Roman Empire.

This may not seem surprising to anyone who's studied ancient Roman texts, or even watched a modern gladiator movie, both of which depict a society that pitted men against animals for bloodsport.

The material, light tan and granular, had been a critical component of the Roman Empire ... experts announced. Ancient Hunting Kit Found: The 6,500-year-old weapons, found in a cave in West ...

This tiny Roman gladiator figurine ... appeal”—connected to the ancient fighters. News of the rare discovery comes right as the sequel to Ridley Scott’s Gladiator (2000) hits theaters.