Despite the fame and notoriety attached to gladiators, they were still considered to be lowly types, and Roman citizens of good standing wouldn’t want their sons or daughters becoming one.

There were around 20 types of gladiator ... The strangest volunteer gladiator was a Roman Emperor. His name was Emperor Commodus, who you might recognise from the movie Gladiator.

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Ancient Civilizations and Roman history continues with an the life of a gladiator, as we discuss the origins, the rise and fall of the ...

Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization ... organized, gladiators became more specialized. There were five types of gladiator ...

Gladiator culture united this north-western extremity of the Roman Empire with hundreds of towns across the Roman world, from Algeria to Israel, Spain to Syria. Britannia was no rustic backwater ...