Successful gladiators were the movie stars of the first ... gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization. Given they belonged to such a civilized and sophisticated ...
The deceased were interred there in several ways, including funerary urns set within about 20 plastered niches cut into the ...
who has been venerated thousands of times — through art, historical text, and pop culture. Close your eyes. You’ll see what I mean. It’s not hard to conjure the image of the Roman gladiator.