In the opening scenes of “Gladiator,” general Maximus Decimus Meridius, played by Russell Crowe, prepares the Roman troops to take on the clans of central Europe. Arrows are pulled out of ...

Centuries of votive offerings cast into a lake in Denmark and other archaeological discoveries have revealed that barbarian warriors may have indulged in ... and Germany that dated to the Roman era.

Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization ... his warriors would make a blood sacrifice to his spirit by fighting to the death ...

When Germanic warriors charged into battle during the Roman era, they may have done so ... but how warriors steeled themselves for the fight, blending drugs with courage. The findings appeared ...

Roman historian Suetonius records that the ... featuring gladiators understandably concentrate on the sight of two warriors fighting each other. But for a spectator, a day at the arena was much ...