Most of 'Gladiator II's proceedings happen in Rome. However, the sequel was never filmed in Rome, and there's a reason why.

But there is one thing Hollywood gets right. Gladiators were ancient Roman sex symbols, although not in the way one might ...

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Gladiator 2 debuted in theaters 24 years after the first movie, taking the audience back to that world of swords and sandals and "strength and honor." Set 16 years after the death of Maximus Decimus ...

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

This Roman-era relief depicts two female gladiators fighting each other in Halicarnassus, an ancient city in what is now Turkey. . | Credit: Universal History Archive via Getty Images The Roman Empire ...

Ridley Scott will always print the legend. As should be abundantly clear after “Napoleon,” “Robin Hood,” and “Kingdom of Heaven,” Ridley Scott is interested in history as a vehicle for studying ...

In the amphitheater of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott trains his lens on fighters and emperors—but no account of ancient gladiators is complete without its devotees. Eclipsing the modern superfan in ...

Dr. Racette-Campbell, a classics professor at the University of Winnipeg, is the author of “The Crisis of Masculinity in the Age of Augustus.” For a modern audience, it’s tempting to valorize the ...

Roman elites knew how to turn celebration into spectacle. Live animals, floating taverns, thousands of gladiators, imperial ...

They’re not putting the “glad” in gladiator. Airbnb has drawn plenty of ire in Europe of late, but now the short-term rental giant has outraged local lawmakers after inviting visitors to partake in a ...