These were more than life-and-death entertainment bouts: gladiators weren’t simply celebrities of ancient Rome. Instead ... were slaves who were forced to fight, but some were freeborn people ...

In Gladiator II, a gladiator rides on a rhinoceros in one fight. In real ancient Rome, soldiers might have brought back animals from the places they conquered. More likely, the animals hunted in ...

A gladiator who died in his first fight was not good for business ... athletics because they could be easily understood by Roman society. Ancient athletic competitions shaped how people thought ...

Following the peculiar 2023 biopic, “Napoleon,” director Ridley Scott delivered a sequel to one of his most famous movies ...

LAUREN DONOVAN GINSBERG: A gladiator was a highly professional athlete, but they usually came from a lower socioeconomic status in ancient Rome ... So I can run from a fight.

No, “Gladiator II” wants a King Arthur figure in an ancient Roman setting ... beginning of “Gladiator”—but Lucius is fighting against Rome, not for it. Like Maximus, Lucius loses ...

Airbnb is hosting The Gladiator Colosseum experience in Rome, an event that gives fans of the “Gladiator” franchise or Roman ...

A gladiator who died in his first fight was not good ... the tombstones of gladiators in Roman-controlled Greece celebrated their prowess using language drawn from ancient athletics, which were ...