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 ...

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 ...

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 ...