The Colosseum, one of the greatest architectural and engineering feats of the ancient world, stands as a symbol of Roman ingenuity. But beyond its iconic facade, there lies a complex web of ...

Before they could lay the smackdown in the arena, gladiators were professionally ... remain standing throughout the former Roman Empire, notably the Colosseum in Rome—warring gladiators are ...

The man had been on holiday in Rome with family and friends and had visited several landmarks. The Colosseum’s remaining 31 lower arches, once entrances to arena seating, are blocked off by iron ...

‘One-on-one human battles in Colosseum-type settings were a form ... The skeleton is a centrepiece in the Life in Death in Roman Eboracum exhibition at DIG: An Archaeological Adventure in ...

A lion's bite has confirmed the death of a gladiator in an ancient Roman arena - revealing a brutal spectacle far beyond the Colosseum. Archaeologists have found the first physical evidence of ...

and how how they too had to defend themselves from the threat of death. "We often have a mental image of these combats occurring at the grand surroundings of the Colosseum in Rome, but these ...

Against the ancient backdrop of Rome’s Colosseum, thousands gathered Friday ... as he leads the first station representing "Jesus is condemned to death.". Credit: Zofia Czubak / EWTN News ...

Discover the workings of this icon of the Roman Empire. Explore a plan of the Colosseum to investigate six key areas. Each shows an aspect of the sophisticated technology and planning that lie ...

There is no Roman empire. There are no more games in the arena ... s biggest pagan monument to death. Yet nearly 2,000 years after our people helped to build the Colosseum, I note that there ...

dismissed the criticism as the views of a “radical chic” element in Rome that treated the arena “as something sacred.” The Colosseum, he pointed out, had been built for rough-and-tumble ...

“Filling the Colosseum ... in the arena?” asked another while watching the scene where Paul Mescal’s Lucius manned an oar and dodged arrows before the mob of Rome. Yet as you have likely ...