While gladiators may have used unique weapons, they also used implements of war that were more familiar throughout the Roman world. The foremost of these was the gladius, a type of short sword ...

The cache included swords, spears, lances and chainmail. Researchers think these items may have been buried as part of a ...

Across the Roman Empire around 8000 people died in the arena every year. Gladiator battles ... the sorts of armour and weapon they carried. Murmillos brandished a sword, a shield, leg protectors ...

New research is revealing the remarkable story of one of Britain’s most enigmatic archaeological finds - a Roman gladiator ... long engravings of gladiator swords (the ‘gladii’ from which ...

Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman ... gladiators became more specialized. There were five types of gladiator, each with their own unique ...

Gladiators came from many different backgrounds. They largely came from the lower echelons of Roman society ... to be beaten and to be killed by the sword.” And their lives were far from ...