There's no way around it — this movie has some serious flaws. Without getting into spoilers, Hanno/Lucius's revenge journey is only half the story of "Glad ...

Timo, a student at the Gladiators' Academy in Rome, has no desire to become a legendary gladiator like his stepfather. That is, until the mesmerizing Lucilla walks into his life. With the help of ...

The first reports of gladiators (the name comes from the type of sword they used: the gladius) appears around 264BCE, 2300 years ago, back when Rome was still a republic and didn’t have an ...

Successful gladiators were the movie stars of the first ... gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization. Given they belonged to such a civilized and sophisticated ...

Gladiator II "continues the epic saga of power, intrigue, and vengeance set in Ancient Rome." “Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius ...

Rome’s Jewish client king ... shows” and public executions, but gladiators are “conspicuously absent” in Josephus’ account, Spielman said in a 2012 paper. Josephus criticized the ...

Evidence shows us that women gladiators fought in front of baying crowds in Ancient Rome. Who were these women? How would these fights have played out? And what did the rest of Rome think of women ...

However, Rome invades, killing Arisha and making Hanno a slave gladiator. He soon finds himself as the political tool of his owner Macrinus (Denzel Washington) in his attempt to court the ...

The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights for the first time in two millennia under a $1.5 million sponsorship deal with Airbnb. ROME — The ancient Roman Colosseum will ...