Up to one million gladiators are thought to have died in arenas across the Roman Empire. And, although fascination with gladiators has been high, the details of their lives and deaths remain fragmentary. Now, with the discovery of an ancient Roman burial site containing 80 skeletons thought to be gladiator warriors, National Geographic recreates the world of the Roman arena and how six gladiators lived, fought and died.

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. A...

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After the death of Emperor Constantine in Rome, the persecutions of the Christians threaten the cent...

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the e...

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Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar ...

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Drama-led documentary following the life of Signe, an orphaned Chief's daughter, who, driven by reve...

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A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betray...

Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixi...

49,000 year old Neanderthal bones have been discovered by chance in a remote, mountainous region of ...

Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. S...

Terry Jones' Barbarians is a 4-part TV documentary series first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2006. It was w...

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lyg...

This short documentary depicts the search, discovery and authentication of the only known Norse sett...

A series of bawdy and satirical episodes written during the reign of the emperor Nero and set in imp...

In 1872, in the cave of Cavillon in Monaco, archaeologist Émile Rivière (1835-1922) unearthed an app...

In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the mid...