who has been venerated thousands of times — through art, historical text, and pop culture. Close your eyes. You’ll see what I mean. It’s not hard to conjure the image of the Roman gladiator.

Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY Antimo Mangione, Latin name Liberius, is a gladiator re-enactor from the Gruppo Storico Romano. His character is a Speculator, a special unit of the Roman Empire.

Researchers made the “extraordinary” find while excavating a 1,600-square-foot necropolis — an ancient cemetery with ornate tomb monuments — located near the location of the ancient settlement of ...

Italian archaeologists recently unearthed ancient Roman tombs during the excavation of a necropolis – including one bearing the epitaph of a gladiator. The discovery was announced by the ...

A talk will explore the gruesome realities behind gladiatorial spectacles in Roman Britain. On Thursday, April 24, from 6pm, Dr John Pearce will lead the lecture at Dorset Museum and Art Gallery, ...