A ‘Secrets of the Dead’ installment considers the possibility of female gladiators in the ancient empire.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This Roman-era relief depicts two female gladiators fighting each other in Halicarnassus, an ...

Experts search for evidence that female gladiators once existed in Ancient Rome. What if women were hidden among the ranks of Ancient Rome’s fearsome gladiators? A group of experts searches for ...

A small bronze statue dating back nearly 2,000 years may be that of a female gladiator, a victorious one at that, suggests a new study. If confirmed the statue would represent only the second ...

A new analysis of the famous Colchester vase indicates that gladiators fought in Roman Britain during the second century A.D. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The following contains minor spoilers for "Gladiator II." Save for a few wisps of time-worn text and a bit of sharp-edged stone, little is left on this earth that tells the gladiatrix’s story. Thought ...

The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights — albeit staged — for the first time in two millennia under a $1.5 million sponsorship deal with Airbnb that aims to promote "a more ...

Actor Nick Tarabay delivers a line in the original Spartacus series on Starz that stuck with creator Steven S. DeKnight for more than a decade. Tarabay's character, Ashur, an ambitious, unpredictable ...

The Romans are famous for their battles in the Colosseum, but how accurate are the scenes portrayed there in the new movie "Gladiator II"? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The new Spartacus series, House of Ashur, is coming to Starz this fall, and creator Steven S. DeKnight is ready to tell a different story. DeKnight told Entertainment Weekly that the original ...

Is Gladiator 2 historically accurate? It's the question on everyone's lips – not out of genuine academic interest, for the most part, but because it's so easy to anticipate exactly how director Ridley ...