Animals for Show and Pleasure in Ancient Rome . By George Jennison. (Publications of the University of Manchester, No. 258.) Pp. xiv + 209 + 8 plates.

Pantheon: See one of Rome's ancient temples is ranked #6 out of 26 things to do in Rome. ... For that, you'll have to book a guided tour. – Laura Itzkowitz.

Ancient Rome on the Silver Screen is enhanced by 29 full-page monochrome drawings and photos, illustrating a variety of movie costumes and how their actual historic equivalents would have appeared.

But sea battles, semi-aquatic creatures and plenty of other eye-popping spectacles were part of the real-life games at the ancient Roman Colosseum. 'Gladiator II': Historians on wild tales of real ...

Ancient authors record that during the reign of Emperor Gallienus (jointly with his father from A.D. 253– 260, then alone from A.D. 260– 268) Germanic tribes made incursions into the Italian ...