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Inside a basilica in Turkey, researchers have unearthed a bone-filled tomb that may have belonged to a Roman gladiator named Euphrates and was later repurposed for a dozen people.

The ancient city was besieged and destroyed in 125 B.C., probably in a dispute over the rights of Roman citizenship.

The Romans are famous for their battles in the Colosseum, but how accurate are the scenes portrayed there in the new movie "Gladiator II"?

Being a Roman gladiator was a bloody business, but did all gladiators really fight to the death?

Researchers used lasers to find the Roman military camp, which was "strategically" located overlooking a battleground.

Archaeologists think the man was buried in the first half of the fourth century.

The silver coin discoveries date to the Roman Republic and are from the island of Pantelleria, between Sicily and Tunisia.

The fort would have contained multiple buildings and was built sometime between the first and third centuries.

Researchers have uncovered a bronze battering ram off the coast of Sicily. The weapon would have been used during the Battle of the Aegates between Rome and Carthage.

There are many reasons an ancient statue might accidentally lose its head — and some for its head to be severed on purpose.