Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization ... be so keen on watching men and women fight to the death. Ritualized, public violence ...

Headless skeletons, feral bears and female fighters – a new British Museum show revolutionises our understanding of life in ...

Ruling the Ancient Roman World. “One of the big puzzles is, what are they for? Why are (gladiators) doing this? We don't know where they originated.” What is known is that gladiator fights ...

In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted in southern Italy, burying the nearby Roman city of Pompeii in ... adding that he doubts many Jews attend gladiatorial fights there. “I think anyone who believes ...

Those original funeral fights usually took place ... Which, let’s face it, is a bit weird. As the Roman Empire adopted Christianity, the popularity of gladiators decreased.

By the first century, gladiators were in such high demand that even Roman citizens began volunteering to fight. It seems a violent death was a risk worth taking for them. VIII. The strangest ...

the son of the original Gladiator's Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and nephew of villain Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), who grows to idolize Maximus (Crowe) as he fights in Rome's gladiator rings.