Several lines of evidence, including historical records and artistic depictions, suggest that female gladiators did exist in the Roman Empire, but they were much rarer than their male counterparts.
Spartacus: House of Ashur,” premiering Friday, sends the Starz Roman Empire saga in a surprising and violent new direction ...
In Starz's new sequel series, former gladiator turned traitor, Ashur, gets a new chance in life, but maintaing his newound ...
Archaeologists in Switzerland have uncovered the ruins of a Roman-era amphitheater — possibly the youngest on record — where spectators likely watched gladiator fights and animal hunts with bated ...
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Were Gladiators Overweight?

Ancient authors and modern forensic anthropologists agree that Roman gladiators lived on bean soup and barley gruel. Was this ...
House of Ashur captures the gritty realism, intense combat, and provocative elements that made the original series great.
Nick E. Tarabay explains why it took him a while to let go of his character after Spartacus: House of Ashur. The actor ...
As his latest film, Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, heads to theaters this week, Harper’s Bazaar ranked all of Mescal’s best films. The ...
A pioneering robotic system is set to revolutionise the painstaking task of reassembling Pompeii 's ancient Roman frescoes, ...
From Washington to Hollywood, American culture is now defined by score settling. But what do centuries of feuding have to ...
New ships hit the waves with unprecedented regularity these days. Royal Caribbean group chairman and chief executive Jason ...