Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jean-Simon Berthelemy's 1773 painting 'Death of a Gladiator.' Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images With the release of ...

MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REWARD. CALIFORNIA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCED NEW CHARGES AGAINST 30 OFFICERS WORKING AT A JUVENILE HALL IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, ACCUSED OF MAKING THE CHILDREN AT THAT DETENTION ...

There was some real “grizzly” violence in the arena. It turns out that the “Gladiator” movies’ lurid depictions of man-on-beast gladiatorial bouts aren’t as far-fetched as some might believe — ...

(CN) — A skeleton found in a Roman cemetery in York offers the first physical evidence of a gladiator fighting — and dying — in combat with a lion, or large cat. The research, published Wednesday in ...

A Roman oil lamp shows two female gladiators fighting like men—strong visual proof women fought. An ordinary Roman oil lamp shows two gladiators with unmistakably female features, fighting in the same ...

Ridley Scott may have been ridiculed for portraying gladiators riding rhinos and scrapping with sharks in his latest film. But it seems the real Roman fighters did pick fights with a colourful array ...

The retiarius was a newer class of gladiator. Fighting without a helmet, he was an everyman, a simple fisherman. -So, he has two weapons, which are pretty iconic. He's got a trident over here and a ...

Russell Crowe as Maximus in 'Gladiator' (2000). Ridley Scott’s 2000 film Gladiator was a sensational tale of honor and betrayal in the ancient Roman empire. In the film, Rome’s dying emperor Marcus ...

With the release of Ridley Scott's "Gladiator II," audiences will be plunged back into the cinematic excitement of the Roman amphitheater so vividly captured in its predecessor, "Gladiator." Scott's ...