Clockwise from top left: Roman mosaic of a retiarius versus a secutor; Roman bronze gladiator helmet, Italy; Roman gladiator fresco, Pompeii, Italy While some ancient written sources describe these ...

How gladiators in ancient Anatolia lived to entertain the masses The sun illuminated the stadium in Ephesus, a wealthy harbor city in western Anatolia, on a day of eagerly anticipated gladiatorial ...

Bradley and Barney Walsh host this special edition of the iconic series, which sees celebrities Joe Wicks, Sam Thompson, Nicola Adams and Vogue Williams take on the Gladiators. Show more Celebrities ...