who has been venerated thousands of times — through art, historical text, and pop culture. Close your eyes. You’ll see what I mean. It’s not hard to conjure the image of the Roman gladiator.

A talk will explore the gruesome realities behind gladiatorial spectacles in Roman Britain. On Thursday, April 24, from 6pm, Dr John Pearce will lead the lecture at Dorset Museum and Art Gallery, ...

Once home to Cornelius Scipio Africanus, a famed Roman general who defeated Hannibal ... as researchers recently discovered—at least one gladiator. According to a translated statement by ...