Rome gets all the glory when it comes to amphitheatres. With Gladiator II rampaging onto screens on this week, the Italian capital will once again bask in the free PR for its (admittedly impressive) ...

A roman amphitheatre in the City - who knew? Not many people, actually. Although unearthed back in 1988, many Londoners themselves aren't aware that the Guildhall Art Gallery houses these ancient ...

The ruins of a Roman amphitheater located in Mérida, Spain, will be turned into courts to host the World Padel Tour 2015 tournament in May, El Periódico de Extremadura reports. The amphitheater was ...

At the ancient Roman city of Prusias ad Hypium in northwestern Turkey, excavations have recently revealed a clay theater ticket. It was engraved with floral designs and a row number, shedding new ...

Construction of a new boathouse at the Basel Rowing Club in Switzerland has turned up the ruins of what might have been the last gladiator arena the Romans ever built. Archaeologists from the Aargau ...

In 1853, a Roman vase was found being used as a container for ashes in a grave outside Roman Colchester. Dating to the later second century AD, it depicted four gladiators with their names scratched ...

Archaeologists hope to “unlock the story” of an amphitheatre by embarking on an excavation at one of England’s most important Roman sites. The amphitheatre at Richborough, Kent, is part of a ...