While gladiators may have used unique weapons, they also used implements of war that were more familiar throughout the Roman world. The foremost of these was the gladius, a type of short sword ...

Across the Roman Empire around 8000 people died in the arena every year. Gladiator battles ... the sorts of armour and weapon they carried. Murmillos brandished a sword, a shield, leg protectors ...

A NEW exhibition on ‘Gladiators of Britain’ has opened at Dorset Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition has been brought to life by a professional partnership of the British Museum and Colchester and ...

Gladiators came from many different backgrounds. They largely came from the lower echelons of Roman society ... to be beaten and to be killed by the sword.” And their lives were far from ...

Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman ... gladiators became more specialized. There were five types of gladiator, each with their own unique ...

A parody of the big-budget Ridley Scott-helmed sword-and-sandal epic, Gladiator Eroticvs stars Darian Caine as a fierce Roman soldier who's sold into slavery and forced to fight in the lesbian ...

New research is revealing the remarkable story of one of Britain’s most enigmatic archaeological finds - a Roman gladiator ... long engravings of gladiator swords (the ‘gladii’ from which ...

Chariot racing, gladiator shows and medieval sword fights await you – just off ... Visitors can watch a Roman duel in a replica amphitheatre one moment, before finding themselves in the trenches ...

New research is revealing the remarkable story of one of Britain’s most enigmatic archaeological finds - a Roman gladiator helmet ... Investigations have identified what appear to be sword impact ...

In real life, Commodus’ end was even messier than his Gladiator counterpart. The actual Roman emperor ... of his father hits harder than any sword fight. And now, years later, with Gladiator ...