While gladiators may have used unique weapons, they also used implements of war that were more familiar throughout the Roman ...

Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman ... gladiators became more specialized. There were five types of gladiator, each with their own unique ...

Across the Roman Empire around 8000 people died in the arena every year. Gladiator battles ... the sorts of armour and weapon they carried. Murmillos brandished a sword, a shield, leg protectors ...

The scenes captured the gore of the Roman amphitheater that stood nearby. In the panel Ziegert's team uncovered first, the slain gladiator's ... dismantle its nuclear weapons facilities and ...

Neither Gladiator nor its cinematic ... all while wielding a dagger, the weapon of thugs and cutthroats. A couple of decades later, when the Roman republic had placed unprecedented political ...

Gladiators came from many different backgrounds. They largely came from the lower echelons of Roman society ... to be beaten and to be killed by the sword.” And their lives were far from ...