The brutal reality of gladiators in Roman Britain
Headless skeletons, feral bears and female fighters – a new British Museum show revolutionises our understanding of life in ...
Once-in-a-century discovery in Pompeii reveals life of Roman elite
Archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old private spa complex thought to be the most elaborate ever found in the ancient Roman ...
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There aren’t Jewish fighters in Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator II.’ But what about in ancient Rome?
Did Jewish gladiators even exist ... were a central part of Roman life. Rome’s Jewish client king of Judea, Herod the Great, built several amphitheaters to host games in the province during ...
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The untold story of the gladiator and one of Britain's most remarkable archaeological finds
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