I. Gladiators came from many different backgrounds. They largely came from the lower echelons of Roman society. Some of the earliest were prisoners of war, who fought wearing their own culture's ...

Maximus: A Fictional Hero While Gladiator draws on real Roman elements, Maximus is entirely fictional, inspired by various historical figures. This creative blend of fact and fiction adds to the ...

Historical epics used to be one of the top genres in Hollywood. It seems like every year there was a “Ben Hur” or a “Cleopatra” or a “The 10 Commandments.” Then, that genre went by the ...

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 ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ... of Britain’s most enigmatic archaeological finds - a Roman gladiator helmet, discovered buried in a field in East Anglia.