Aerial photography identified ... “confirmed for the first time that gladiators could recover from harsh, demanding training in a fully equipped Roman bath.” Marcus Aurelius was a philosopher ...

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 ...

Gladiator tells the story of Maximus Decimus Meridius (Crowe), a Roman general who joins the ... script constantly changed ...