The left-handed knife handle is carved with such detail, it reveals a helmet and shield, along with a defined sculpting of the gladiator's body, and stance. Found in the Tyne River at Corbridge ...

Though technically not a weapon per se, a shield was indispensable and used by most gladiator types. Though primarily used ...

There were five types of gladiator, each with their own unique weapons. The Mirmillones were heavily armed and wore helmets decorated with fish, while the Thracians carried just a shield and ...

Now gladiators were identified by the sorts of armour and weapon they carried. Murmillos brandished a sword, a shield, leg protectors and a long, grilled helmet. Secutors wore a huge helmet ...

He carried a long, 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 thraex. Thraex took their ...

Archaeologists in Naples, Italy, have shed new light on the lives of Roman gladiators after discovering a tomb for one of these ancient warriors that lay hidden for 2,000 years. The findings offer ...

A 2,000-year-old gladiator tomb has been discovered in a necropolis outside of Naples, Italy. Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Liternum, in present-day Giugliano in Campania ...