In the late 16th century, Pope Sixtus V, the builder of Renaissance Rome, tried to transform the Colosseum into a wool factory, with workshops on the arena floor ... in order to stage naumachiae ...

In a quiet corner of Switzerland, an ancient discovery ... the youngest Roman amphitheater ever found—dating back to the fourth century A.D. and possibly being the last arena built during ...

The ancient Romans lived ... and animal blood-bath games. At Rome’s Colosseum, a system of ropes and pulleys could lift as many as 100 animals (such as leopards, lions, tigers and panthers) ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Sometimes we forget just how vast the Roman Empire once was throughout the Mediterranean. Roman ruins are usually associated with present ...