Divers have discovered a 2,000-year-old copper knife handle, carved in the shape of a tiny gladiator, ... Ancient Roman Gladiators Were Huge Celebrities Who Even Had Their Own Merch.

It’s a popular sight on television and in movies. Many of us have seen it in paintings or ancient frescoes. Gladiators battling lions for the glory of being in the arena were a popular spectacle ...

The original Gladiator opens in 180 C.E., with the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius choosing Maximus, then a general, as his successor. Angry at being passed over, Marcus’ son Commodus ...

Contrary to the "strength and honor" depicted in Hollywood films "Gladiator" and "Gladiator II," some ancient Romans considered gladiators the embodiment of amoral tyranny.

Ancient Roman entertainment was more than just bloody gladiator games! Learn about the Roman sports and Roman theater that still influence us today! Trending Topics. Science, Nature & Our World.

A rare knife handle in the shape of a gladiator has been discovered at Hadrian’s Wall in the north of England, shining a new light on the celebrity status of the ancient Roman combatants.

Gladiators became such an integral part of Roman society that they inspired early sporting memorabilia, including ceramics, cups, lamps and figurines like the knife handle, McIntosh said.

The most famous martyr of the Roman republic—Marcus Tullius Cicero—used gladiators’ physiques not to celebrate the republic’s valiant heroes, but to deride their bloated muscles as the ...

A 2,000-year-old Roman knife handle shaped like a gladiator that was discovered in northern England will go on public display for the first time, the charity English Heritage said on Friday.

Gladiators became such an integral part of Roman society that they inspired early sporting memorabilia, including ceramics, cups, lamps and figurines like the knife handle, McIntosh said.

A rare knife handle in the shape of a gladiator has been discovered at Hadrian’s Wall in the north of England, shining a new light on the celebrity status of the ancient Roman combatants.