However, as I discuss in my book, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction, the gladiator represented something else altogether. The most famous martyr of the Roman republic -- Marcus Tullius Cicero ...

After reading about the Roman gladiator buried in England who was found to have Scandinavian DNA, read the stories of some of the most famous gladiators in Roman history. Or, discover the ...

Ritualized, public violence had been a favorite entertainment of the Romans for centuries ... popular that successful gladiators could become extremely rich and very famous.

In early Roman Britain, the key individuals who were ... scale gladiatorial displays and where the ancient world's most famous gladiator, Spartacus, was based. Investigations by Latin inscriptions ...

Then, to great applause, the famous venators (hunt-showmen ... The Trustees of the British Museum Gladiators were common across Roman Britain – and evidence for them is abundant.

Experts believe that gladiator battles were once staged ... described as "one of the most important, and perhaps famous, pots from Roman Britain". The 23cm-high vessel is believed to be around ...

Research into the centrepiece of a travelling museum exhibition has found that it dates back to an important part of Roman history - with links to a famous gladiator. 'Gladiators of Britain', a ...