Before Paul Mescal donned his armor in Gladiator II, Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix faced off 25 years ago in Gladiator; ...

From 180 to 192 C.E., Emperor Commodus ruled ancient Rome with an insatiable lust for power that brought an end to the fabled ...

"Joaquin Phoenix's Commodus in Gladiator; certainly for my characterization of Joffrey," he told EW, "that had a big impact, the smirk." 16. To create the massive audience, 2,000 extras were ...

It is the first direct evidence of a gladiator mauled by a lion. The skeleton was discovered 20 years ago, in an excavation spurred by a couple hoping to renovate the yard of their home in the ...

The findings provide the first physical evidence that people battled animals in gladiator arenas in Europe, says Tim Thompson at Maynooth University in Ireland. Gladiator spectacles involving wild ...

Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a brutal clash between a lion and a gladiator in one of England’s most iconic tourist destinations, reported Reuters citing a recent study published in ...

The recent findings, publicized in the journal PLOS One, analyze a puncture wound that was found on the pelvis of a gladiator buried in a York cemetery. The gladiator lived during the 3rd century ...

Archaeologists recently discovered proof of a gladiatorial fight with a lion in an unexpected tourist destination. York, a city in northern England known for its breathtaking medieval architecture ...

Those feline bite marks, preserved on a skeleton interred in northeast England, provide the first physical evidence of a Roman-era battle between a gladiator and a nonhuman animal anywhere in ...