Pax Romana and had a good time, although I can't shake the feeling that it’s closely related to Anno 1800. It seems like a ...

Before they could lay the smackdown in the arena, gladiators were professionally trained, combining a physical regimen with an education in the rules of the ring. Gladiator reenactors pose amid ...

Starting Tuesday, May 13, the “A Night at the Colosseum” initiative returns — a guided tour that offers the rare opportunity to visit the Flavian Amphitheater after dark, including areas usually ...

Are you not entertained? New analysis from the bones of an ancient gladiator discovered in York suggests that British fighters may have been attacked by ferocious big cats during arena battles ...

Cavalry from Greece and Rome favored this type of helmet, though its long-lasting fame is mainly owed to another wearer, a Roman gladiator type called murmillo. The Romans added the iconic face ...

Join curators Dr Anna Willi and Dr Richard Hobbs as they discuss items featured in the exhibition, including the Murmillo figurine, a bone figurine found near Colchester that depicts a gladiator ...

This makes sense. Take the Gladiator class by way of an example. No Roman gladiator, be they the fish-like ‘Murmillo’, the secateurs wielding ‘Scissor’ or the heavily armoured Provocator ...

such as fragments of wall paintings depicting gladiators, molds of figures in relief, and a knife with a handle shaped like a murmillo, another type of gladiator. Subscribe to get the latest posts ...

The classical outing of Thraex against Murmillo is played out as Gerry's criminal Ventus, condemned to the games, is pitted against Shay's prisoner of War from Germania, the mighty Taurus. They show ...

Cavalry from Greece and Rome favored this type of helmet, though its long-lasting fame is mainly owed to another wearer, a Roman gladiator type called murmillo. The Romans added the iconic face ...

In 79 CE, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 20 feet of ash, preserving amazing details about daily life in the Roman Empire. Pompeii is one of the most ...