ROME – Italian police have unearthed the hidden cache of a group of grave robbers, recovering ancient Roman marble reliefs depicting stunningly lifelike gladiators locked in mortal combat ...

This illustration shows the almost-complete remains of a school for gladiators found at Carnuntum in eastern Austria. Illustration courtesy M. Klein/7reasons Gladiator School Discovery Reveals ...

Although their existence is often overlooked, female gladiators fought, died and could even win their freedom from the Roman arena. In films like Gladiator, the depiction of Roman fighters within ...

“Gladiator II” (in theaters Nov. 22) ... They also examined models of warships at the British Museum in London and studied illustrations from military history books.

Researchers say they have found physical evidence of a fight between a lion and a gladiator in Roman Britain. In this illustration from the 1860s, gladiators battle tigers and lions in Rome’s ...