Ridley Scott will always print the legend. As should be abundantly clear after “Napoleon,” “Robin Hood,” and “Kingdom of Heaven,” Ridley Scott is interested in history as a vehicle for studying ...

With Gladiator II now in theaters, archaeological discoveries reveal how Hollywood’s warriors compare to history. Even though this Roman gladiator's helmet was used during ceremonial occasions, it ...

Gladiator is about a general-turned-gladiator named Maximus (Russell Crowe), who was created just for the film. He is likely a fictionalized combination of the historical general Marcus Nonius ...

Neither “Gladiator” nor its cinematic sequel is particularly concerned with historical fact. For one thing, the emperor Marcus Aurelius had no intention of restoring the republic. Gladiatorial ...

For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is believed to be an ancient Roman gladiator. Artists have long depicted Roman ...

The “Gladiator” sequel centers on Lucius Verus, the secret son of Russell Crowe’s character from the 2000 film. Both men achieve fame as enslaved fighters driven by their desire for revenge Paul ...

Warning: Full spoilers follow for Gladiator II as well as ancient Roman history circa 200 CE. Ridley Scott’s historical action film Gladiator II has arrived, and as with the 2000 original starring ...

As much as Hollywood characters love to yearn for the halcyon days of the Roman Republic, everyone in “Gladiator” is, in some way, connected to the Imperial Family of the Roman Empire. At the ...

In our modern-day world, we’re constantly inundated with different entertainment mediums – whether it’s a flashy Instagram post on your feed or the latest star-studded blockbuster to hit the theaters, ...

Does This Ancient Roman Artefact Proves Gladiators Fought in Roman Britain?' The renowned Colchester Gladiator Vase dates back to 175 AD and remains one of the most remarkable antiquarian objects ever ...

The British Museum's “Gladiators of Britain,” now at the Grosvenor Museum, sheds fresh light on the realities of spectacle in the northern reaches of the Roman ...