We made a crucial mistake at the Colosseum in Rome – not once but twice. And although we have reasonable explanations both ...

With a circumference of 573 yards and sitting on marshland, experts say the Colosseum is an engineering wonder … not to mention an animal and human rights atrocity. Not only were gladiators ...

Seating at the Colosseum was divided according to social ... and soon-to-be victims could enter the arena. Gladiators got in through a tunnel connected to the (still visible) ludus magnus ...

A thrilling discovery in York has unveiled the first-ever physical evidence of a human fighting a lion in Roman times, thanks ...