Denzel Washington's role in Gladiator II highlights just how effective the Academy Award-winning star is in villainous roles.

Archaeologists recently discovered proof of a gladiatorial fight with a lion in an unexpected tourist destination: the city of York in the United Kingdom.

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His remains were buried between 1,825 and 1,725 years ago in what archaeologists believe to be a “gladiator graveyard” — hundreds of miles from Rome — in York, England. The findings highli ...

Man's skeleton found at probable gladiator cemetery in York Remains appear to date to 3rd century AD Lions, tigers, bears, elephants, rhinos appeared in arenas April 23 (Reuters) - In Rome's ...

The Trustees of the British Museum Supported by By Kate Golembiewski Gladiators battled lions and other wild animals in the arenas of the Roman Empire. But for all the tales of glorious combat ...

Those feline bite marks, preserved on a skeleton interred in northeast England, provide the first physical evidence of a Roman-era battle between a gladiator and a nonhuman animal anywhere in ...