1st century C.E. Roman relief portraying gladiators and lions fighting. Roman gladiators’ fights to the death have inspired morbid fascination for millennia. But for something seemingly so ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This oil painting by French artist Firmin Didot (1764-1836) depicts human-animal combat in ancient Rome. New evidence shows it ...

The world of gladiators is one of the most thrilling and brutal aspects of ancient Rome, filled with tales of courage, skill, ...

Once thought an athlete, this Roman statuette may depict a female gladiator in combat pose. Curators long believed this Roman statuette showed a female athlete. But high-resolution imaging reveals ...

Key Takeaways Gladiators only fought 2-3 times annually, spending most of their time training intensively in gladiator ...