Children’s sketches of violent scenes of gladiators and hunters battling animals have been uncovered at the archaeological ...

Oxford suggest the letters on the stamp are probably identical to those on a gladiator helmet found in the famous gladiatorial barracks in Pompeii itself (buried in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD).

Gladiatorial games were a vital part of ancient Roman life, and in Pompeii, the amphitheater was a stage for both bloodsport and spectacle. But the violence wasn’t always contained to the arena.

A room-sized, 3D diorama at the National Archeological Museum of Naples in Italy, depicts the ancient Roman town of Pompeii ...