Gladiator reenactors pose amid Roman-era ruins in Arles, France. The equipment they use is based on archaeological finds. More than 2,000 years after gladiators were squaring off in Roman arenas ...

“It’s a real competition, but not a real fight,” says Lopez, who now runs a gladiator research and reenactment troupe called ACTA. “There’s no choreography, but there is good intent ...

On Saturday and Sunday, 31 May and 1 June, Niš will host the first-ever Roman Festival – Constantine the Great, dedicated to ...

Romans march in Stonegate, York, on Sunday (May 25) during the Eboracum Roman Festival (Image: Dylan Connell) The Romans set ...

Across America, in front of crowds of thousands, men and women are dressing up as knights from the Middle Ages and fighting one another. The weapons, violence, and chivalry are all real.

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The citizens of York gave a warrior’s welcome to York yesterday (May 24), as gladiators and centurions took to the streets ...

And it’s not reenactment, which is a technical and ... (You could go back to Roman gladiators, but they were literally killing one another.) The knights practiced Buhurt (“bow-hurt ...