The mausoleum stands along the Appian Way between ancient Caudium and Montesarchio.

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 ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a monumental Roman funerary complex near the town of Apollosa in southern Italy’s Benevento province. The discovery of ancient gladiator carvings from the Roman era came ...

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 ...

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