An American, 47, reportedly tried to climb over a fence in Piazza del Colosseo, presumably to get a closer look at the ...

From 180 to 192 C.E., Emperor Commodus ruled ancient Rome with an insatiable lust for power that brought an end to the fabled ...

The tourist is suspected to have climbed the fence to get a clearer view of the historic Colosseum and take a selfie.

Historians have long believed that ancient humans fought animals in arena battles, but no definitive evidence has been found ...

A Roman thought to be a gladiator stares out in a visual reconstruction of a man who met a gruesome end almost 2,000 years ...

Many people are using the concept of fallen empire to talk about the plight of the once mighty Dublin senior footballers, ...

The start of imperial Rome is officially dated to 27 BCE, when Gaius Octavius Caesar was awarded the name Augustus, signaling ...

As the Roman Empire declined, so too did the Colosseum. It was badly damaged by a major fire in 217, which led to a round of repairs. Later that century, gladiatorial fights were officially banned. It ...

In Rome’s Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial ...

An American tourist suffered an extreme and horrific injury while trying to climb a barrier in the Colosseum to take a ...

A tourist was impaled for more than 20 minutes, had to undergo surgery and now faces questions about why he was on the fence.