But I’m most interested in how the two films misrepresent the way Roman gladiators and their bodies were viewed by their republic-minded contemporaries. In the films, the brawny biceps of ...

A massive walkable sewage system was found in the Hellenistic city of Stratonikeia, known as the "City of Gladiators," in ...

Originally holding upwards of 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum still stands as one of the most famous monuments from the ancient world. Other places to see gladiators fight? If you were of a ...

Neither “Gladiator” nor its cinematic sequel is particularly concerned with historical fact. For one thing, the emperor Marcus Aurelius had no intention of restoring the republic. Gladiatorial ...