Visitors can now walk along a 525-foot pathway through the subterranean levels of Rome's Colosseum. The area was once the backstage for gladiator fights, wild animal hunts, and even public executions.

After almost thirty years of setbacks and archaeological finds, the Colosseum metro station on Rome's Line C is finally open.

Pack up your dusty sandals and brutal weapons, folks. It's time for "Gladiator II" and our collective return to glorious if savage ancient Rome. (And if you're really into it, "Gladiator III" could be ...

As the subway line continues onward past the Colosseum, it will run underneath more of the world’s most important cultural ...

Recent investigations in the Colosseum’s sewer networks have uncovered popular snacks, ancient coins and even animal bones. Gladiator fights, exotic animals, rowdy, toga-wearing spectators. These are ...

It was a contest that just kept on going, the crowd baying for more as the two warriors grappled. With neither gladiator having killed the other, it fell to Emperor Titus to choose the winner of the ...

Visiting the Colosseum is a must-do activity for anyone visiting Rome, especially if this is your first time. Once an amphitheater built by the Roman emperors for gladiator shows and hunts of wild ...

The arena’s exterior will be lit up with Roman bacteria that dates back to the time of the gladiators. Artist Sabine Kacunko explains why her project is a matter of life, death and 9/11 The Colosseum ...

If you’ve ever visited the Roman Colosseum and wished that you could stand on a retractable floor at the center of the action, where gladiators battled with apex predators, and embarrass your family ...

Even 2,000 years ago, famous people knew how to make a quick exit. Ancient Rome's mighty Colosseum had a secret tunnel that allowed Roman emperors to sneak out of the arena unseen, archaeologists ...

ROME — Italy’s culture and tourism ministers have vowed to find and punish a tourist who was filmed carving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend in the wall of the Colosseum in Rome, a crime ...