Ancient Roman entertainment was more than just bloody gladiator games! Learn about the Roman sports and Roman theater that ...

Ridley Scott's "Gladiator 2" features a standout action set piece where the Colosseum is filled with water and sharks. Did ...

The ancient sewage system, discovered in the historic city of Stratonikeia in Mugla, Turkey, dates back around 2,250 years to ...

Much like modern-day football hooliganism, gladiator fandom could be weaponised in intercommunal violence. In a 59BC gladiatorial show, Pompeians murderously assaulted their neighbours from Nuceria ...

During recent excavations in the ancient city of Stratonikeia in the Turkish province of Muğla, archaeologists discovered a ...

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

One section of the system was a massive sewer beneath a theatre ... Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman period, making it one of ...

The real history of Jewish gladiators, from Reish Lakish to Kirk Douglas. In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted in southern Italy, burying the nearby Roman city ... role of Jews in ancient Rome ...

During the first few minutes of "Gladiator II," you might think you’re in the wrong theater. The opening credits use picture-book animation to recount the story of an ancient Roman soldier who ...

Yet while cinema foregrounds gladiators in our modern consciousness, ancient fans likely reserved greater passion for other performers—above all theater and chariot racing. When Roman authors ...

When it comes to the Colosseum sea battle in “Gladiator II,” Scott is surprisingly not deviating too far from history. A form of ancient Roman theater was called “naumachia,” in which sea ...