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

Successful gladiators were the movie stars ... had been a favorite entertainment of the Romans for centuries. The practice began as an ancient Etruscan funeral ritual: when a tribal chief died ...

But, like much of ancient Roman culture ... the gladiatorial match to honor Brutus Pera comprised six gladiators fighting with the weapons and armor of the Thracians, a people who occupied ...

Dress a gladiator for battle in the Roman arena of death. Your choice of weapons and armour will decide whether or not he is victorious. Will the emperor grant your gladiator his freedom ...

Of course young kids have limited patience for Italian art and history. But when they got swords in their hands, things ...

According to the Roman author Ausonius, the fight in honor of Brutus Pera involved six slaves pummeling away at each other with the weapons ... In the ancient world, gladiator fights were commonly ...

Back then rich Romans ... weapons and the Emperor always won. Of course. Emperors didn’t select who lived or died depending on which way their thumb was pointing. That’s just a myth ...

Paramount Pictures has recently released a thrilling new trailer for Gladiator II, a highly anticipated sequel to the 2001 ...

25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found ... microorganisms within the hot waters of the Roman Baths, regularly listed among the UK's ...

In a second trailer for Ridley Scott's much-anticipated follow-up, Gladiator II, Paul Mescal's Lucius forms an uneasy ...