The first reports of gladiators (the name comes from the type of sword they used ... Across the Roman Empire around 8000 people died in the arena every year. Gladiator battles were held at ...

The griffin was a symbol of the goddess of retribution, Nemesis. The medallion of a Thraex gladiator, found in Reims. (Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped from original) On the battlefield, the ...

1958's Hercules is an actual Italian sword and sandal movie starring the legendary Steve Reeves. Obviously it's based on the ...

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It was so commonly used that the word gladiator was derived from the ... by Rome’s legionaries and was the most common sword type in the Roman world. Fighters could also be equipped with the ...

This object arrived at Piddington from Gaul or Rome and may have been brought back as a souvenir from the games.A finely detailed late 2nd-3rd century AD Roman clasp knife found in the courtyard ...

Similar to Murmillo (a heavily armored gladiator with a fish crest), the Scissor gladiator also utilized heavy armor. This fighter always entered the arena well-armed. He was armed with a gladius, a ...

The gladiator and his helmet were probably brought to Britain during the Roman invasion of 43AD or ... Investigations have identified what appear to be sword impact marks, as seen above, almost ...

Seventh-graders learning about ancient Rome reenacted a portion of history — the Gladiator Games — shocking by today’s ...

In her left hand, she holds a sica, a hooked sword, which she lifts ... Severus in 200 C.E., blotted from Roman history, and overlooked in both “Gladiator II” and its predecessor, it seems ...