The first reports of gladiators (the name comes from the type of sword they used: the gladius) appears around 264BCE, 2300 years ago, back when Rome was still a republic and didn’t have an ...

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 ...

Jan. 17 (UPI) --Gladiator II is coming to Paramount+. The film, which starts streaming Tuesday, stars Paul Mescal as Lucius, the son of Connie Nielsen's Lucilla. The movie is a sequel to the 2000 ...

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Gladius is smitten with the beautiful princess ... If she can’t find a suitable match, her father has decreed she must marry the last gladiator standing in the upcoming games.