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 ...

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This tiny Roman ... profession, gladiators could become huge celebrities.” McIntosh notes that there has always been a fascination—and even “sex appeal”—connected to the ancient fighters.

Like many things about ancient Rome, some of the best preserved ... MUSEO ARQUEOLÓGICO NACIONAL, MADRID A trove of gladiator armor and weapons uncovered at Pompeii in 1766 includes full-face ...

These were more than life-and-death entertainment bouts: gladiators weren’t simply celebrities of ancient Rome. Instead ... for their expert knowledge of weapons. They were so admired for ...

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. (And if you're really into it, "Gladiator III ...

Gladiators seem to be made for the cinema. Strong warriors armed with exotic weapons ... all over the ancient world, which does accurately reflect the multicultural nature of the Roman Empire.

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have identified bite marks, most likely from a lion, on the pelvis of a man buried in what is believed to be a cemetery for ancient Roman gladiators in England. This may not seem ...

A 2,000-year-old copper knife handle depicting a gladiator ... to the era when the Roman Empire was battling Germanic tribes almost 2,000 years ago, experts announced. Ancient Hunting Kit ...