The use of wild beasts in gladiatorial contests is well-documented in ancient Roman texts, yet until now it was thought that these animal adversaries were only deployed in the Colosseum in Rome.

ROME, Aug 23 (Reuters) - An ancient Roman relic from the almost 2,300-year-old naval battle in which Rome defeated its archenemy Carthage has been recovered from waters off western Sicily, regional ...

Historian Michael Taylor rates depictions of ancient Rome in movies and TV shows. He reviews the depiction of gladiator fights in "Gladiator," starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix. He discusses ...

During the age of emperors, Roman sculpture was of artistic, religious, and political importance, and often took on epic ...

The discovery helps us understand the “spectacle culture” of ancient Rome. Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a brutal clash between a lion and a gladiator in one of England’s most iconic ...

POIANA, Romania (AP) — History buffs dressed as Roman soldiers and Dacian warriors clashed in front of a crowd in a reenactment of a struggle culminating in the Roman conquest of land in present-day ...

Hannibal of Carthage (modern Tunisia), a great military strategist, led elephants through the Alps to defeat Rome.

The 2,200-year-old artifact was used in a famous battle between Rome and Carthage as part of the Punic Wars. Reading time 2 minutes An Italian cultural heritage outfit has announced the recovery of a ...

An ancient map showing Thrace, Macedonia, and other past kingdoms. duncan1890/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images In antiquity, cavalry horses were trained to endure the piercing pipe music that led ...