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.

The practice began as an ancient Etruscan ... Gladiators would be sent to the arena – named after the sand which covered the ground and soaked up the blood – to fight to the death before ...

New research is shedding light on the bouleuterion building that once stood in the ancient city of Teos, located in ...

Dress a gladiator for battle in the Roman arena of death. Your choice of weapons ... Will the emperor grant your gladiator his freedom, or will he fight badly and lose his honour, or even his ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country ... by a foreign enemy made the Greeks forget their quarrels and fight on the same side. Their biggest enemy were the Persians, who came from ...