Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

Decades after Gladiator swept the Oscars, Ridley Scott is back with the highly anticipated Gladiator II, proving there's no historical fixation quite like it. This long-awaited sequel is an ...

A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...

Ridley Scott's long-anticipated return to ancient Rome is a pale shadow of its Best Picture-winning predecessor.

"Gladiator II" has even more crowd-pleasing combat events than the original and an operatic story showcasing flamboyant ...

Gladiator II is both bad history and bad historical fiction, Ridley Scott's maximalism never replicating the charisma of ...

Now “Gladiator” is back, with the sequel storming modern arenas (called cinemas) on November 15th in Britain and November ...

UNESCO told Newsweek it "is gravely concerned about the threats posed by the conflict to the region's rich cultural heritage." ...

Archaeologists found the pillar by chance during the summer excavation season in 2023 while they were searching for the ...

It's a solid piece of neoclassical popcorn, with Paul Mescal as a pensive avenger, but it's ultimately a mere shadow of ...

Her previous book, ‘ SPQR ‘, which is also available in Folio Society edition, took readers on an exhilarating journey back in time to the origins of the Roman Republic, a period in the history of ...

So get set to be drenched in the blood and the sweat of an Ancient Rome where events programming at the Colosseum appears to be handled by a freaky forerunner to the WWE. Before Lucius gets his shot ...