Riders are being urged to don Roman tunics and armour for the ride round the city Cyclists are being invited to don Roman tunics and battle armour and unleash their inner Roman gladiator for a ...

The standard gladiatorial combat was not two people with same weapons and armour ... By the first century, gladiators were in such high demand that even Roman citizens began volunteering to ...

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 ...

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 ...