The gladiators of ancient Rome were some of the fittest and strongest to walk the Earth, so naturally their training garners a lot of attention from historians and lifters alike. Author and coach ...

Jews had a complex and rocky relationship with ancient Rome, which went through several ... The helmet found in Pompeii’s gladiator training grounds, now housed in a Naples archaeological ...

Successful gladiators were the movie stars ... had been a favorite entertainment of the Romans for centuries. The practice began as an ancient Etruscan funeral ritual: when a tribal chief died ...

Today, these brutal battles seem like the quintessential ancient Roman ... gladiators also changed. At first, they had been slaves armed with simple weapons and no armor. They had little to no ...

Neither Gladiator nor its cinematic ... for the prevalence of this image in Roman political language. To participate in Roman political culture required training in rhetoric and oratory.

Before gladiators clashed and chariots raced, Rome’s imperial heralds roused the crowds - and now, their ancient training school at the Roman Forum has reopened after centuries.View on euronews ...