Speaking with ESPN during Summer League action in Las Vegas, Hield said his trip to the Colosseum was lacking because he learned an upsetting fact about the 2000s blockbuster Gladiator —specifically, ...

Spoiler alert: He did not see Maxiumus. He described his hilarious experience to ESPN at the Las Vegas Summer League, saying, ...

Gladiator dropped in 2000 — that’s over two decades ago. Ridley Scott directed the film, and Russell Crowe went full beast ...

In April 2025, archaeologists announced the discovery of the first hard physical evidence of gladiatorial combat head-to-head ...

From the roar of gladiator arenas in ancient Rome to the multimillion-dollar world of modern sports, entertainment has served as both a unifier and a smokescreen. In his time as an executive director ...

From seasonal intimacy schedules to open-air nudity, ancient Greco-Roman thinkers had no shortage of theories on how to stay ...

Starz has unveiled the first images for the spinoff series of Spartacus, while showrunner Steven S. DeKnight explains new plot details.

A gruesome but fascinating discovery in an ancient cemetery near York has brought fresh light to the brutal world of Roman ...

Rebecca Winke’s first visit to Rome was a coup de foudre, and her affection for the Eternal City has only grown over 25 years of living in Italy. She has mastered the art of navigating the city’s ...

In ancient Rome, damnatio ad bestias —Latin for “condemnation to beasts”—was a common form of punishment for criminals, Christians, and others at arenas before gladiatorial games.

A skeleton discovered two decades ago has now given scientists definitive proof that gladiators fought lions in battle.