In ancient Rome, gladiators took part in one ... It's thought there were thousands of individual gladiators in Roman history, with the first recorded Roman gladiator games in the 3rd century ...

While excavating the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., ...

Archaeologists in Naples, Italy, have shed new light on the lives of Roman gladiators after discovering a tomb for one of ...

Archaeologists in Naples, Italy, have shed new light on the lives of Roman gladiators after discovering a tomb for one of these ancient warriors that lay hidden for 2,000 years. The findings offer ...

The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.

At a site not far from an ancient forum and amphitheater once used to host Roman gladiators, archaeologists discovered an ...

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 ...

I. Gladiators came from many different backgrounds. They largely came from the lower echelons of Roman society. Some of the earliest were prisoners of war, who fought wearing their own culture's ...

The deceased were interred there in several ways, including funerary urns set within about 20 plastered niches cut into the ...