Aerial photography identified ... “confirmed for the first time that gladiators could recover from harsh, demanding training in a fully equipped Roman bath.” Marcus Aurelius was a philosopher ...

Researchers made the “extraordinary” find while excavating a 1,600-square-foot necropolis — an ancient cemetery with ornate ...

The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.

The deceased were interred there in several ways, including funerary urns set within about 20 plastered niches cut into the walls ...

Even though more than 100 gladiator schools were constructed throughout the Roman Empire ... techniques like ground-penetrating radar, aerial photography, and magnetometer surveys.

It's thought there were thousands of individual gladiators in Roman history, with the first recorded Roman gladiator games in the 3rd century BC. What's also unknown is how this individual died ...

Gladiator tells the story of Maximus Decimus Meridius (Crowe), a Roman general who joins the ... script constantly changed ...

Even though it’s at least 1,500 years since the last Roman gladiators fought, thanks to TV and movies such as Spartacus (1960) and Gladiator (2000), audiences remain fascinated with them and the ...

Researchers identified the burial spot at the dig site (pictured) as a gladiator tomb thanks to a ... the role and memory of these fighters in Roman society,” per a translated statement by ...