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 ...

wrote in a scornful editorial about the gladiator plan. He said in an interview that Ars Dimicandi and Gruppo Storico Romano, the two historical reenactment associations involved in the project ...

Aspiring gladiators can sign up on the Airbnb site ... seconded Smeriglio’s distaste for the historical reenactment. “For what it represents, the Colosseum is a world heritage site and one ...

“It is certainly trivializing the life and death of gladiators and many more ... with the archaeological team from the museum ...

"In partnership with the museum’s archaeological team and professional reenactment associations, this historical gladiator experience has been sensitively recreated by bringing to life the drama ...

"In partnership with the museum's archaeological team and professional reenactment associations, this historical gladiator experience has been sensitively recreated by bringing to life the drama ...

Once Maximus enters the Colosseum, the action intensifies, beginning with the magnificent reenactment of the Battle of Zama. Despite being outmatched, Maximus leads the gladiators to victory.

The naval battle reenactment was shot in the reconstructed Colosseum on dry land, with water added digitally. The boats — on the left is the Persian ship manned by gladiators, next to the white ...