The deceased were interred there in several ways, including funerary urns set within about 20 plastered niches cut into the ...

who has been venerated thousands of times — through art, historical text, and pop culture. Close your eyes. You’ll see what I mean. It’s not hard to conjure the image of the Roman gladiator.

Gladiator II’s ... To me, the palace intrigue of Roman politics was the draw of the movie, as the actual plot of Lucius (Paul Mescal) and his ascension as a warrior paled in comparison.

Even though it’s at least 1,500 years since the last Roman gladiators ... fate of a submitting warrior by giving a thumbs up or a thumbs down. The gesture indicated the gladiator should ...

I. Gladiators came from many different backgrounds. They largely came from the lower echelons of Roman society. Some of the earliest were prisoners of war, who fought wearing their own culture's ...