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Ancient Roman Gladiators Were Huge Celebrities Who Even Had Their Own Merch
A tiny gladiator figurine was used as a handle on a 2,000-year-old copper folding knife found in an English river, suggesting ...
The 10 Best Characters in 'Gladiator II,' Ranked
Gladiator II has many good characters, from Paul Mescal's Hanno to Denzel Washington's Macrinus, but who is the real ...
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 ...
How The Gladiators Inspired Evangelicals' Sense Of Persecution
With the release of Ridley Scott's“Gladiator II ,” audiences will be plunged back into the cinematic excitement of the Roman amphitheater so vividl ...
‘Gladiator II’: The Real Story Behind All the Roman Empire Chaos
Gladiator II is the sequel nobody saw coming. The original finished with Maximus and Commodus dead and we felt confident that ...
Were there really rhinos, baboons and sharks in the Colosseum? A Roman history professor explains ‘Gladiator II’ scenes
The image of a gladiator standing tall on top of a charging rhino flying through the Roman Colosseum became one of the ...
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There aren’t Jewish fighters in Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator II.’ But what about in ancient Rome?
Excavators first unearthed the barracks in the late 1700s. Among the ruins they found a bronze helmet, with a circular brim, ...