The most famous martyr of the Roman republic—Marcus Tullius Cicero—used gladiators’ physiques ... More to the sword-point: According to the author of “Rhetoric for Herennius,” qualities ...

You all have to search for the whole scene, top to bottom, as the sword might be anywhere. And while the gladiator appears ready to fight, his sword is nowhere to be seen in his immediate grasp.

It's been 24 years since Russell Crowe made a permanent mark on the Roman historical epic ... the follow up to the modern swords-and-sandals classic, "Gladiator II" features endlessly imaginative ...

Denzel is in his eff-it-I’m-gonna-have-FUN phase, relishing the opportunity to gnaw on some scenery and slice through the ...

Social media screwed me badly because I was watching “Gladiator II” thinking, “So Lucius’ Roman Empire is the ... sequel than his acclaimed “sword-and-sandal masterpiece.” ...

Instead, they saw a Roman housewife preparing ... more skin vulnerable to her opponent’s sword. “In the literary texts that we have, female gladiators are not described in any kind of an ...

As such, "Gladiator II" tries to separate virtuous general from venal politician, "just" violence from "unjust" violence, without recognizing that in a society that worships the sword, extols the ...