The hugely anticipated sequel to Gladiator is almost here, and it has sharks in it. But why? Huge spoilers ahead for ...
During recent renovations of a playground near the wall of the ancient Roman camp in Haltern am See (Germany), a team of ...
The naumachiae seem mostly to have been recreations of famous historical engagements – in the movie, it's the Battle of ...
In Gladiator, director Ridley Scott created a swords-and-sandals epic that was half-history and half-fiction, and that ...
And his latest, Gladiator II, has already drawn the ire of historians. Details like a rhino ridden by a gladiator and sharks munching on unlucky combatants in the Colosseum have been raising eyebrows ...
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Gladiator II: ‘Acting is acting’ says Paul Mescal of tackling his biggest movie to dateWe speak to Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen and Ridley Scott about making the hugely anticipated sequel Gladiator II, which arrives in cinemas ...
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The Roman Legionaries (Elite Heavy Infantryman)Since its earliest history, the term ‘Legion’ has been heavily associated with the Roman military, whether it denoted entire armies in the formation years of the Roman Republic, or the more elite ...
The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights for the first time in two millennia under a $1.5-million ...
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‘Remarkable’ 2,000-year-old gladiator knife handle discovery shows Rome’s reachRemarkably, the figurine is left-handed—a historically notable detail, as left-handedness was considered a bad omen in ...
The film follows the son of Russell Crowe’s Maximus who has been living under a new identity to escape Roman politics.
A 2,000-year-old copper knife handle depicting a gladiator will go on display at Hadrian’s Wall, in the north of England, ...
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