In ancient Rome, gladiators took part in one of the most bloodthirsty spectacles known to history. Depicted in Ridley Scott's epic films, the armed combatants engaged in violent public battles ...

The necropolis has illuminated ancient Roman funerary practices, according to the superintendent. “The area is experiencing a particularly fruitful moment in terms of archaeological research ...

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 ... as a gladiator tomb thanks to a funerary ...

“I see a gladiator ... of the ancient slabs incised with Rome’s city plan. Fortunately for Neubauer’s team, the Romans tended to construct new settlements in Rome’s image. “Roman society ...

Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization ... The practice began as an ancient Etruscan funeral ritual: when a tribal chief died ...

One of the graves found in Liternum Credit: Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio per l'area metropolitana di Napoli Archaeological excavations in the ancient ... within this Roman ...