Warning: Full spoilers follow for Gladiator II as well as ancient Roman history circa 200 CE. Ridley Scott’s historical action film Gladiator II has arrived, and as with the 2000 original starring ...

The following contains minor spoilers for "Gladiator II." Save for a few wisps of time-worn text and a bit of sharp-edged stone, little is left on this earth that tells the gladiatrix’s story. Thought ...

A Roman culture expert reveals which of Ridley Scott’s arena battles are based on real history — and which are “fun, but preposterous” “Of course, Hollywood wants everything to be bigger and bolder, ...

Spoiler alert! We're discussing plot points of 'Gladiator II' (in theaters now), so if you haven't seen it yet, retreat. Pack up your dusty sandals and brutal weapons, folks. It's time for "Gladiator ...

With Gladiator II now in theaters, archaeological discoveries reveal how Hollywood’s warriors compare to history. Even though this Roman gladiator's helmet was used during ceremonial occasions, it ...

Excavators uncovered a rare multi-story ancient Roman apartment building in Piazza Venezia, dating to the late Republic ...

Explore how Julius Caesar's brutal conquest of Gaul not only expanded Rome's borders but also set the stage for the fall of the Roman Republic. In Part 8, we uncover the military campaigns, political ...

If you consider the Roman Empire to have ended in 476 and count only emperors who were old enough to rule for their entire ...

Two thousand years ago, the Roman Army embarked on a far-flung hunt for silver. A new discovery reveals how close they came to finding an empire-altering fortune. Roman money, like this coin bearing ...