When light-armored Thraex paired against a heavy-armored murmillo, this mimicked the fight between Roman legionaries against their enemies in Thrace. Gladiatorial fights in ancient Rome were extremely ...

If there’s one bit of Ancient Roman history most people know, it’s that the rich and powerful loved watching slaves and ...

Hoplomachus (left) vs. Murmillo gladiators. The Flemish philologist Justus Lipsius hypothesized that the Samnites would use the name “Hoplomachus” when facing the Thraex and “Secutor” when facing the ...

Mosaic depicting a hoplomachus (right) gladiator against a Thraex. Credit: Carole Raddato / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons For nearly seven centuries, the Romans enjoyed armed contests between ...

and Tim McInnerny in the role of Thraex. Other supporting actors include Peter Mensah, May Calamawy, Matt Lucas, and Lior Raz ...

Thraex gladiators had lighter armour and were more nimble, while a retiarius carried a trident and a fishing net, in order to ensnare the more heavily armoured and less mobile gladiators.

The world of manual pickup trucks just got a little smaller with Jeep yanking the third pedal from the 2025 Gladiator lineup. Previously equipped as the standard transmission on the Gladiator ...

Successful gladiators were the movie stars of the first century – so famous that free men queued to take their chances in the arena. Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often ...

Considering it’s basically a JL Wrangler with a truck bed—yes, we know it’s more complicated than that—it’s no surprise to see the 2025 Jeep Gladiator gain some new equipment on the ...

Gladiator 2 is only a month away, and we can't wait to return to the arena. In case you have been living under a rock, 24 years ago Ridley Scott's original Gladiator movie became a box office ...

Production cuts are hitting the Stellantis NV plant in Toledo that builds the Jeep Gladiator pickup and Wrangler SUV this week, the latest of several factory pauses or slowdowns by the automaker ...

A longer wheelbase and a 5-foot bed transform the Wrangler into the Gladiator pickup truck. The standard 285-hp, 3.6-liter V6 is mated to either a smooth eight-speed automatic or a six-speed manual.