Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What did ancient Roman gladiators see in the moments before their deadly battles began? A forthcoming conservation of the Italian ...

(CNN) — A new arena floor will be added to Rome’s iconic Colosseum to give visitors an idea of how the ancient Italian structure looked when gladiators fought there. The project “will give us back the ...

ROME — For 500 years, the Colosseum was the biggest amphitheater in the Roman empire, hosting gladiator fights, executions and animal hunts. Then it fell into disrepair. Now, nearly 2,000 years after ...

The Italian government announced plans to give Rome’s ancient Colosseum a new floor. The construction would allow future visitors to stand where gladiators once stood. An Italian engineering firm won ...

May 3 (UPI) --The ancient Roman Colosseum will get a new gladiator floor, which will give visitors a chance to see what spectators saw when gladiators did battle there. Architects in the early 19th ...