According to ancient writer and historian Pliny the Elder, after a fight, gladiators had a special drink they would consume to help them recover. In his writings, Natural History, he recommends that ...

A skeleton of a Roman gladiator with clear traces of big cat bites has been discovered in England. This is the first evidence ...

The first physical evidence that gladiators fought animals during the Roman period has been confirmed by researchers.

Archeologists have uncovered the burial in Liternum, an ancient town in Campania that flourished from the 1st century BC to ...

Which is why it's useful that "Gladiator II" is so obsessed with its own history and continuing both its visual legacy and the plotlines of the main characters in the original 2000 film.

A historically significant discovery at a Roman-era cemetery in York, England, has provided the first direct physical proof that gladiators really faced off against wild animals—specifically lions—in ...

Warrington fitness trainer Amanda Wah has been crowned the female winner of the popular BBC show Gladiators. She went against ...

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His advice to other contestants is to "view the arena as your playground", which definitely describes his carefree style. Few contenders in Gladiators history have seemed to be having as much fun as ...

And though they’ve all returned to normality now, with the final airing tonight, the four finalists confirmed they’d return ...