Gladiators may have fought and died to entertain others in the brutality of the Roman arena but they appear to have abided by a strict code of conduct which avoided savage violence, forensic scientists say.

• 在残暴的古罗马竞技场上，角斗士们通过厮杀或牺牲来愉悦他人，然而奥地利法医学家最近发现，这些古代角斗士们似乎必须遵守一些相当严格的比赛规则，以避免出现野蛮的暴力混战。