While archaeologists have previously documented a few similar examples of ancient Roman pet monkeys elsewhere, they ...

A bust of a Roman general and politician, more than 2,000 years old and once sold at an Austin, Texas, Goodwill for $35, will return to Germany in May. The statuette will continue to be displayed at ...

Andrew Kenrick received funding from the Consortium for the Humanities & the Arts South-East England (CHASE). Gladiator II opens with a Roman fleet brutally laying siege to a city in the north African ...

24 years after Gladiator starring Russell Crowe hit cinemas, we finally have our first look at the sequel, complete with images of Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Joseph ...

In 2023, a viral TikTok question brought an ancient empire back to the forefront of our culture's consciousness. The question: "How often do you think about the Roman Empire?" The results were ...

Historians characterize the Catilinarian conspiracy as the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire—which director Francis Ford Coppola compares to modern-day America. The Roman Forum was a hub for ...

Is this the real reason the Roman Empire collapsed? Throughout antiquity, kingdoms and nations rose and fell but Rome stood strong—until its steep decline. The fall of this ancient superpower is so ...

Acacius' speech after the opening battle scene in Gladiator II is very important to understanding his character. Furthermore, comparing Acacius' speech to Maximus' speech after the opening battle in ...

Clockwise from top left: sculpture head fragment, lance point, cloak pin, cloak pin, third-century A.D. coin(Courtesy RAAP Archaeological Consultancy) A Roman ...