Gladiators

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Think you know everything about ancient Rome? These 25 facts will prove otherwise. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Rome's worst nightmare: the story of Spartacus. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gladiators do battle in a c320 AD mosaic, housed in the Borghese Gallery in Rome

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Blood, guts and spectacle: 6 shocking events from the history of ancient Roman gladiators. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gladiators and the colosseum

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QuizWhat gladiator would you be?

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What were the lives of gladiators like in ancient Rome?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mosaic showing gladiators, Roman Civilization, 4th century

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Spartacus is now associated with political upheaval, as in the 1919 Spartacist uprising.

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Who were the gladiators of ancient Rome? Plus Spartacus, Crixus and 8 more fighters you should know

The reconcilliation between Thomas Becket and Henry II. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Roman mosaic of a dog, bearing the legend 'Cave Canem' underneath, from Pompeii, from Naples National Museum's collection, 1st century. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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6 things you (probably) didn’t know about animals in ancient Rome

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Ye olde travel guide: Rome 192 AD. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes. (Channel 5)

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Eight Days That Made Rome: behind the scenes with historian Bettany Hughes

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Q&AWho was John Parkes, a 'gladiator by profession'?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.