Dedicated Roman gladiator superfans were the football hooligans of their day
In the amphitheater of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott trains his lens on fighters and emperors—but no account of ancient ...
Rare gladiator-shaped knife handle gives insight into Roman celebrity culture
A rare knife handle in the shape of a gladiator has been discovered at Hadrian’s Wall in the north of England, shining a new ...
Rare 2,000-year-old Roman souvenir highlights ‘celebrity cult’ of the empire. See it
Along Hadrian’s Wall, a 73-mile-long stone barrier built on the northwest edge of the Roman Empire, archaeologists have ...
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2.000-year-old Roman gladiator knife handle found at Hadrian's Wall in England
Archeologists employed by the conservation charity English Heritage were investigating a portion of the famed wall when they ...
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To some ancient Romans, gladiators were the embodiment of tyranny
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) But I’m most interested in how the two films misrepresent the way Roman gladiators and ...
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Connie Nielsen on returning for Gladiator II: 'I'm older and I just know more'
She and Russell Crowe's Maximus, a Roman general-turned-gladiator, are seeking to overthrow Commodus ... "There's something ...