In our modern-day world, we’re constantly inundated with different entertainment mediums – whether it’s a flashy Instagram post on your feed or the latest star-studded blockbuster to hit the ...

Gladiator fights would have been a constant in Roman social life ... to peter out with the rise of Christianity. The pagan games were no longer in favour and were abolished by Emperor Honorius ...

The Colchester Vase depicts a real battle between a secutor and retiarius gladiator ... part in the games". A key exhibit is the Colchester Vase from AD175, discovered in a Roman-era grave in ...

adding that if Jews were combatants in the games, they would have been more inclined to battle beasts than other men. In the original “Gladiator” film, Crowe plays Maximus, a Roman general who ...