Emperor Nero was also a huge lover of gladiatorial combat and actually centered their own gladiator college or university.

Ancient Greek statues and artistic treasures housed in Paris museums depict the Greeks' influence on the entire European continent.

Hannibal of Carthage (modern Tunisia), a great military strategist, led elephants through the Alps to defeat Rome.

Ridley Scott’s latest epic takes his usual sledgehammer to the historical record – but it also sticks curiously close to the ...