For the past five years, archaeologists at the ancient city of Stratonikeia in southwestern Turkey have been excavating a ...

In fact, other recently-unearthed artifacts from Britain depicting famous Roman gladiators include a 2,000-year-old knife ...

Around 2017 he was studying human remains uncovered during a 2004 excavation of Driffield Terrace—a site in York, England, that evidence suggests was a gladiator burial ground during the Roman ...

The gladiator this team identified as 6DT19 was found to have been decapitated, but (notably) buried with his head on his shoulders, when a common practice at the time was to place a disembodied ...

The organization described the knife handle as a "significant find" and plans to display it, along with other artifacts from the River Tyne, at Corbridge Roman Town in 2025. The gladiator is ...

And according to a study published April 23 in the journal PLOS One, the skeleton displays the first-ever evidence of human-animal combat in Europe during the Roman Empire. Gladiator combat is a ...

Archaeologists Found a Roman Gladiator’s Skeleton—With Bite Marks That Hint He Fought a Lion The big cat did not take it easy on the fighter. By Elizabeth Rayne Published: Apr 23, 2025 2:00 PM EDT ...

Archaeologists in Italy have recently discovered ancient Roman tombs while excavating a necropolis, including one with a gladiator's epitaph. Coins, lamps and vases were also found.

The gladiator and his helmet were probably brought to Britain during the Roman invasion of 43AD or in the one or two decades following that invasion - and it's likely that they would have been ...

Archaeologists outside Naples excavated a 1,700-year-old burial ground with dozens of tombs and an inscription linked to a gladiator. Photo from the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and ...

Archaeologists outside Naples excavated a 1,700-year-old burial ground with dozens of tombs and an inscription linked to a gladiator. Photo from the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and ...