POIANA, Romania (AP) — History buffs dressed as Roman soldiers and Dacian warriors clashed in front of a crowd in a reenactment of a struggle culminating in the Roman conquest of land in present-day ...

A millennia-old helmet that saw ancient Rome’s first great Mediterranean war was recently unearthed in Italy. The find was announced by the Sicilian regional government in a Sept. 5 announcement. In a ...

The discovery helps us understand the “spectacle culture” of ancient Rome. Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a brutal clash between a lion and a gladiator in one of England’s most iconic ...

The use of wild beasts in gladiatorial contests is well-documented in ancient Roman texts, yet until now it was thought that these animal adversaries were only deployed in the Colosseum in Rome.

VIENNA, Austria (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Archaeologists discovered a mass grave of over 100 Roman soldiers dating back to the ancient empire while renovating a sports field. Officials with the Wien ...