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 ...

Visit the Colosseum in Rome today, so prominent in both Gladiator movies, and just a few blocks away you’ll find standing the Arch of Titus, showing Roman soldiers carrying away the giant ...

This inscription, which is exceptionally well preserved, constitutes a unique testimony to the perception and memory of these combatants in Roman society. Its presence in Liternum suggests that 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, ...