One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

Researchers say the man’s spinal damage, lung inflammation, and lion bite offer a rare glimpse into the brutal reality of ...

The skeleton found in York suggests that gladiatorial combats with wild animals extended into Roman provinces.

A skeleton recovered from a Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators ...

The skeleton was excavated from Driffield Terrace, one of the most significant Roman-era burial sites in Britain.

Statue of Constantine the Great in York ... closes a chapter that began nearly two decades ago beneath the soil of an ancient Roman city.

It's the first-ever evidence of man-lion combat found in the Roman period.

The Hagia Sophia remains a highly popular tourist destination, attracting millions of travelers. Here is a detailed look at ...

A thrilling discovery in York has unveiled the first-ever physical evidence of a human fighting a lion in Roman times, thanks to bite marks found on a skeleton in a gladiator cemetery. This adds a ...

In ancient Rome, gladiators took part in one of the ... England and Scotland to keep Scottish tribes out. 312AD - Emperor Constantine made Christianity legal throughout the Roman empire.

Images of sparring gladiators, sometimes with one another or with beasts, memorialized in ancient mosaics and pottery recall the Roman Colosseum ... as well as Constantine, who was proclaimed ...