Successful gladiators were the movie stars of the first century – so famous that free men queued to take their chances in the arena. Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often ...

While being a gladiator was considered a punishment, there were some star fighters who were allowed to retire after surviving ...

Gladiator II is an entertaining follow-up to Ridley Scott's Gladiator, and several major players feel like echoes of ...