It's rare to find gladiator memorabilia from Roman Britain, but archaeologists by Hadrian's Wall have just found a 2,000-year ...

A rare knife handle in the shape of a gladiator has been discovered at Hadrian’s Wall in the north of England, shining a new ...

A 2,000-year-old Roman knife handle shaped like a gladiator that was discovered in northern England will go on public display ...

A 2,000-year-old copper knife handle depicting a gladiator will go on display at Hadrian’s Wall, in the north of England, ...

Archaeologists unearthed a rare inscription dedicated to the Roman Emperor Hadrian, while conducting excavations at the ...

A charity in Ross-on-Wye has said it is excited to be receiving a sapling grown from the felled Sycamore Gap. Biblins Youth ...

Excavations in the ancient city of Blaundos, located in Türkiye's western Usak province, have uncovered a plaque dedicated to ...

A Merseyside hospice is to be presented with a sapling from the Sycamore Gap tree that was cut down. St Joseph's Hospice in ...

(CNN) — A rare knife handle in the shape of a gladiator has been discovered at Hadrian’s Wall in the north of England, shining a new light on the celebrity status of the ancient Roman combatants.

Those who enjoy the history of the Roman Empire are well acquainted with the story of Antinous, the young man of extraordinary beauty who deeply captivated Emperor Hadrian. Not only did Hadrian love ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire, a territory that ...