Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization ... public spectacles. The games took place in amphitheaters. Gladiators would be sent ...

ROME (AP) — The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue ... hosting hunts and gladiator games, until the 6th century. Colleen Barry contributed from Milan.

Excavations at a necropolis outside of Liternum, near modern-day Naples, have found two ornate funerary enclosures.

Archaeologists uncovered a Roman gladiator’s tomb in ancient Liternum shedding light on burial customs and daily life in ...

Gladiatorial games were a vital part of ancient Roman life, and in Pompeii, the amphitheater was a stage for both bloodsport and spectacle. But the violence wasn’t always contained to the arena.

Dress a gladiator for battle in the Roman arena of death. Your choice of weapons and armour will decide whether or not he is victorious. Will the emperor grant your gladiator his freedom ...

Archaeologists outside Naples excavated a 1,700-year-old burial ground with dozens of tombs and an inscription linked to a gladiator. Photo from the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and ...