In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains: "Heaven has gone blind!" ...

Archaeologists say an "exciting analysis" has revealed that a skeleton from a Roman gladiator cemetery was mauled by a lion ...

As landscapers dug up on old concrete driveway, they never imagined that underneath would be a deadly arsenal treasure trove.

"A sequence of severe summer droughts from 364 to 366 not only contributed to prolonged harvest failures and food shortages, ...

What we think of as the Roman Empire lasted from 27 BCE to 476 AD. But the end of the Roman Empire is way more complicated than that, with some putting the official end at 1453, some at 1806, and some ...

Until now, these clashes in the arenas of the empire were only known from written records and artistic representations ...

Are you not entertained? New analysis from the bones of an ancient gladiator discovered in York suggests that British ...

Images of gladiators being bitten by lions have appeared in ancient mosaics and pottery for hundreds of years. However, this is the first convincing skeletal evidence from the Roman Empire of bite ...

The discovery illustrates how gladiatorial spectacles, often presented by emperors and other luminaries, that included wild ...

"The implications of our multidisciplinary study are huge," said study lead author and anthropologist professor Tim Thompson.