But I’m most interested in how the two films misrepresent the way Roman gladiators and their bodies were viewed by their republic-minded contemporaries. In the films, the brawny biceps of ...

Just last year, the internet was mightily bemused by the discovery that many men are low-key obsessed with the Roman Empire. Decades after Gladiator ... inspired by ancient history, emotional ...

Did Jewish gladiators even exist? But many have occupied themselves with questions about the role of Jews in ancient Rome’s famous bloodsport, including whether fights took place in ancient ...

sounds and projections to recreate the ancient Roman city Sarah Kuta Archaeologists think the tiles once lined a Byzantine-era monastery. The complex also included a large warehouse and winepress ...

Evidence shows us that women gladiators fought in front of baying crowds in Ancient Rome. Who were these women? How would these fights have played out? And what did the rest of Rome think of women ...

Throughout the film, they spend their reign carousing and watching gladiator fights in the Colosseum. Then Caracalla turns on his brother, murdering him, and parading his head around the Roman Senate.

Directed by the legendary Ridley Scott, and set in Ancient Rome, Gladiator 2 brings back the epic saga of power, vengeance and intrigue that viewers had seen in the first part of the movie.

A groundbreaking discovery in York, England, has unearthed a new chapter in ancient human migration. Researchers analyzing the remains of a Roman-era man, believed to be a gladiator or enslaved ...