This selection lists historical films that explore the complexity of past events and the human experiences that shaped our world, providing context and insight into history’s mo ...

While a bucket list experience for many, Machu Picchu is an expensive journey, so history-focused travelers on a budget ...

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

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

This painting shaped the way modern society envisions the ancient Roman gladiator. But was it historically accurate?

Thousands of years ago, barbarians likely used stimulants during battle for enhanced performance in ancient warfare.

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

"Gladiator II" opens with a Roman fleet brutally laying siege to a city in the north African kingdom of Numidia. On the big ...

Meanwhile, the tombstones of gladiators in Roman-controlled Greece celebrated their prowess using language drawn from ancient athletics, which were sports that were only available to freeborn citizens ...