My favorite aspect of “Gladiator II” is the presence of Derek ... The monkeys look pretty nasty, but the hand-to-paw combat never gets especially exciting. A filmmaker of Mr. Scott’s stature ...

Reaching Champion rank in Oblivion Remastered's Arena is supposed to be a massive test of skill. Three different foes face ...

While they used standard weapons such as swords and shields ... Though technically not a weapon per se, a shield was ...

After the death of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., the emergence of gladiatorial combat ... Ancient gladiator combats were advertised as type vs. type (e.g. the Secutor with a sword and shield vs.

The Provocator was a gladiator who wore a substantial amount of armor. In addition to his sword he was ... man,” used no shield and welded a trident, dagger and net in combat.

There were five types of gladiator ... shield and scimitar, making them much quicker on their feet. The Retiarii were armed with just a net, a long trident and a dagger, and the Samnites had a ...

The standard gladiatorial combat was ... straight sword and a large shield that could weigh between 13 and 25 pounds. Murmillos were pitted against faster moving gladiator types, such as the ...

LONDON — Elaborately armed, two gladiators named Memnon and Valentinus faced each other in brutal combat almost 2,000 ... He carried a sword and a large shield and had a helmet that completely ...

At last, proof of classical combat between man and beast has been found in the form of a skeleton from a Roman settlement in Britain. It is the first direct evidence of a gladiator mauled by a lion.

Bite marks found on the skeleton of a Roman gladiator are the first archaeological evidence of combat between a human and a lion, experts say. The remains were discovered during a 2004 dig at ...