When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This Roman-era relief depicts two female gladiators fighting each other in Halicarnassus, an ...

Some gladiators in ancient Rome were women who fought without helmets - and topless, boffins say. Historians have uncovered accounts of females taking part in VIP bouts for emperors and high-ranking ...

A ‘Secrets of the Dead’ installment considers the possibility of female gladiators in the ancient empire.

Roman gladiators were not physically fit but rather were “quite fat”, a historian has said. Gladiators have gained a ...