There were also gladiators that fought on horse with a sword known as "equites" and the “dimachaerus" who fought with two swords at once. A few Roman Emperors even got in on the action and fought ...

He carried a long, straight sword and a large shield that could ... The strangest volunteer gladiator was a Roman Emperor. His name was Emperor Commodus, who you might recognise from the movie ...

In early Roman Britain, the key individuals who were ... have put a series of tiny one-centimetre-long engravings of gladiator swords (the ‘gladii’ from which the term gladiator actually ...

Some of which would have been familiar to a Roman gladiator. But, of course, the stakes were a little higher for the average sword and sandals slinger. While modern-day influencers chase likes ...

Gladiator culture united this north-western extremity of the Roman Empire with hundreds of towns across the Roman world, from Algeria to Israel, Spain to Syria. Britannia was no rustic backwater ...

In early Roman Britain, the key individuals who were most likely ... What's more, the gladiator himself seems to have put a series of tiny one-centimetre-long engravings of gladiator swords (the ...

A NEW exhibition on ‘Gladiators of Britain’ has opened at Dorset Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition has been brought to life by a professional partnership of the British Museum and Colchester and ...