Scenes of such deadly combat have been portrayed in stories, paintings, and mosaics (a Man versus Big Cat conflict was even suggested in the movie “Gladiator,” but never actually depicted ...

From 180 to 192 C.E., Emperor Commodus ruled ancient Rome with an insatiable lust for power that brought an end to the fabled ...

They have been depicted in numerous documents ... gladiator combat [with animals] has been found so far from the Colosseum in Rome, which would have been the Wembley Stadium of the classical ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...

Bite marks discovered on an ancient Roman skeleton in the UK have been hailed as the first ever physical evidence of gladiators fighting large cats like lions and tigers in public games.

The procession passed the Colosseum ... It is the only basilica in Rome that preserves the primitive early Christian structure, although there have been many later additions. A legend, depicted on a ...

The procession passed the Colosseum ... basilica in Rome that preserves the primitive early Christian structure, although there have been many later additions. A legend, depicted on a 13th ...