Tag: Gladiator

Editor’s note: This is Part 13 of “Gladiator School: Stories from Inside YTS” — an oral history of life inside California’s most notorious juvenile prison. Youth Training School (known formally as Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility) had a reputation fo...

Not only male gladiators faced each other in deadly duels in the Colosseum arena — this is a scientific fact. The preserved texts of Roman laws and archaeological finds confirm it. In 11 AD, by a special decree, the Roman Senate officially forbade free women under 20 to enter the arena. And in...

Editor’s note: This is Part 8 of “Gladiator School: Stories from Inside YTS” — an oral history of life inside California’s most notorious juvenile prison. Youth Training School (known formally as Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility) had a reputation for mayhem, v...

Gladiators were the ultimate entertainers of ancient Rome. They fought in brutal and bloody battles for the amusement of the masses, who packed the colossal arenas to witness the spectacle of life and death. Gladiatorial combat was a symbol of Roman power and glory, but also a reflection of its crue...