Tantalizing evidence suggests that the gladiatrix—the female equivalent of the gladiator of ancient Rome—did indeed take up the sword and enter the arena ... out if these fighting females ...

Roman historian Suetonius records that the emperor Domitian made female gladiators fight ... sight of two warriors fighting each other. But for a spectator, a day at the arena was much more ...

The heart of this Rome, of course, is the Coliseum, where throngs cheer for the gladiators who fight and die. There, the ageless Scott remains remarkably at home. The arena, with its eruptions of ...