According to the Roman author Ausonius ... Pera could finally make its way to the afterlife. In the ancient world, gladiator fights were commonly regarded as a type of human sacrifice to honor ...

The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights — albeit staged — for the first time in two millennia under a $1.5-million sponsorship deal with Airbnb that aims to promote ...

Successful gladiators ... men and women fight to the death. Ritualized, public violence had been a favorite entertainment of the Romans for centuries. The practice began as an ancient Etruscan ...

A special touring exhibition dedicated to Roman gladiator combat, supported by the British Museum, has opened in Dorchester, ...

Dress a gladiator ... Roman arena of death. Your choice of weapons and armour will decide whether or not he is victorious. Will the emperor grant your gladiator his freedom, or will he fight ...

Roman historian Suetonius records that the emperor Domitian made female gladiators fight at night and by torchlight, while poet Juvenal describes women who decide to fight in unflattering terms.