It was not only Gladiator 2's Emperors that existed in real life, but also characters like Lucius, Lucilla, and Macrinus.The former two were really mother and son in ancient Rome, yet Lucius Verus ...

Scott's Rome, which he built with production designer Arthur Max, featured more than 500 extras filling rows in a replica Colosseum that reached a third of the original structure's actual size.

To preface, I am not a history buff. I have not studied Roman history to any great extent, yet I am a lover of the original Gladiator.In fact, I was first introduced to the glories of Rome by my ...

ROME (AP) — Russell Crowe, who won a best actor Academy Award for portraying a gladiator in the 2000 film of the same name, was feted Friday by the city of Rome, home to the Colosseum where real ...

This oil painting by French artist Firmin Didot (1764-1836) depicts human-animal combat in ancient Rome. New evidence shows it likely occurred as far away as Roman Britain. Credit: Public Domain ...