Popular media, such as the 2000 film "Gladiator," often depict Roman gladiators in gory battles that don't end until at least ...

Weeks before the release of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott has suggested that he wants to make his Roman epic into a trilogy.

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

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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 ...

long Roman defensive wall and ditch — initially constructed by the Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus to contain the Thracian gladiator and slave revolt leader Spartacus and his forces — in ...

After opening their cans of soda, the fans are transported into a Roman gladiator arena with those four players and singer Megan Thee Stallion. The rap star is an empress who has tigers released ...

Tattooed in blue dye from head to toe, the Picts were an ancient people who once inhabited Scotland and turned back the Roman Empire. Some 2,000 years ago, Scotland was home to a group of people known ...