Successful gladiators were the movie stars of the first century – so famous that free ... gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization. Given they belonged to ...

In early Roman Britain, the key individuals who ... ethos it represented - was almost certainly worn by a leading 1st century gladiator who would have been watched by senior members of the ...

By the first century, gladiators were in such high demand that even Roman citizens began volunteering to fight. It seems a violent death was a risk worth taking for them. VIII. The strangest ...

The finding suggests that Liternum was not only a residential area but also a resting place for gladiators after their ...

The first reports of gladiators ... Despite the fame and notoriety attached to gladiators, they were still considered to be lowly types, and Roman citizens of good standing wouldn’t want ...

Archaeologists uncovered a Roman gladiator’s tomb in ancient Liternum shedding light on burial customs and daily life in ...

The ancient Roman settlement of Liternum was found in 194 B.C. and thrived for about 400 years before rapidly declining and ...

Archaeological excavations in the ancient Roman colony of Liternum, located in the present-day municipality of Giugliano in ...