Learn about gladiators, their lives, and arenas through archaeological findings and historical records.
Archaeologists in Serbia have unearthed dark new evidence of the brutal entertainment practices of the Roman Empire. Excavations at the ...
Archaeologists have revealed strong evidence that bloody events once occurred in Roman Britain, far from Rome's great amphitheaters. A recently ...
A recent study suggests that Germanic warriors during the Roman era may have relied on carefully dosed stimulants to enhance ...
Archaeologists recently unearthed a rare 2,000-year-old knife handle cast in the form of a gladiator at Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, ...
Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed a remarkable 1,800-year-old sarcophagus believed to have originally belonged to a Roman gladiator named Euphrates. ...
Archaeologists in Italy have uncovered an ancient stone wall once used by Roman forces to corral the infamous slave-revolt leader ...
During recent excavations in Pompeii, archaeologists have uncovered ancient graffiti believed to have been made by children, depicting scenes of ...
A rare Roman brass arm guard, dating back to the mid-2nd century CE, has been meticulously reconstructed by conservators at ...
Archaeologists excavating in the ancient Roman colony of Augusta Emerita in Mérida, Spain, have uncovered a large and well-preserved public ...
Archaeologists uncovered some ancient Roman remains while digging around in the sewers of Rome's Colosseum. Archaeologists uncover 1,900-year-old snacks and ...
