Although both movies capture the image of tyranny described by hostile intellectuals, only the new one holds another clue ...

The Roman Empire is rightly heralded as perhaps the most influential empire in history, but for area it doesn’t even break ...

Travel back a couple thousands of centuries earlier to ancient Rome ... would gather to watch undaunted gladiators spar in menacing battles. So where did the Romans acquire such a fascination ...

When we think of ancient Rome, gladiator fights are often top of mind ... condemned criminals, and prisoners of war. Others ...

Fights also included staged hunts, and it’s conceivable that gladiators rode exotic wildlife. In Gladiator II, a gladiator rides on a rhinoceros in one fight. In real ancient Rome, soldiers might have ...

Gladiator II showed the potential of putting Denzel Washington in a Roman setting, and Washington's upcoming film will pull ...

The real slave rebellion wasn't an overnight awakening, and the actual Caracalla wasn't a sickly fop with a monkey ...

Director Ridley Scott has given us a sequel, but there is a Jewish story to tell about this place, so please lend me your ...

Composer Harry Gregson-Williams spoke to Classic FM about writing the ‘Gladiator II’ score, working with Ridley Scott, and the phone call he made to Hans Zimmer after getting the job.