Historian Michael Taylor rates depictions of ancient Rome in movies and TV shows. He reviews the depiction of gladiator fights in "Gladiator," starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix.

Around 2,500 years ago, the city of Rome was at the centre of a huge empire that stretched from Scotland to Syria. The Roman Empire was based upon enslaved people and citizens. Enslaved people ...

A turn-based strategy set in the Medieval times, offering extensive RPG elements. In Never Second in Rome we play as a Roman ...

While archaeologists have long been unearthing mass-produced memorabilia featuring the fierce battles of ancient Roman gladiators, rarely do they come across artifacts that depict specific fighters ...

The excavation of an ancient Roman city has rewritten the history of the Empire's collapse, archaeologists say. A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge completed a 13-year dig at ...

Participants will reenact gladiator battles and follow the underground ... It draws millions of visitors every year and is a symbol of ancient Rome’s cultural legacy. Also read China Develops ...

A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs of ... To find catacombs, go to Rome, home of some of the oldest and longest ...

They have plenty of uses in land battles, and are typically an invasion ... we just don’t have witty scientists for that in ancient Rome. What we do have is a set of old-school catapult and ...