Successful gladiators were the ... so keen on watching men and women fight to the death. Ritualized, public violence had been a favorite entertainment of the Romans for centuries.

Thus began a centuries-long custom of brutal, bloody battles between gladiators in the city of Rome. According to the Roman author Ausonius, the fight in honor of Brutus Pera involved six slaves ...

The crowds weren’t just offered sword-fighting ... is a bit weird. As the Roman Empire adopted Christianity, the popularity of gladiators decreased. You can’t really “love thy neighbor ...

Roman historian Suetonius records that the emperor Domitian made female gladiators fight at night and by torchlight, while poet Juvenal describes women who decide to fight in unflattering terms.

A grand jury indictment accused the officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey of allowing or encouraging 69 fights between youths ages 12 to 18, Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a Monday, ...

Credit: D. Atfield / Colchester Museums The Colchester Vase adds to a series of findings that indicate the presence of Roman spectacles in the city, such as fragments of wall paintings depicting ...

Not only were gladiators pitted against each other, but gladiators fighting animals and animal ... A normal ticket includes the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill (valid for 24 hours ...

Not only were gladiators pitted against each other, but gladiators fighting animals and animal ... A normal ticket includes the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill (valid for 24 hours ...