Successful gladiators were the ... to take their chances in the arena. Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization.

Archaeologists have just uncovered a rare piece of Roman-era history in the ancient town of Mastaura in western Turkey: a nearly perfectly-preserved gladiator arena that could seat upwards of ...

While workers prepared the site for a new boathouse near Basel, they uncovered a relic from the past—an enormous Roman amphitheater that once roared with the sounds of gladiator fights and ...