owner of a gladiator stable, and ambitious businessman. In real life, Macrinus was responsible for civil affairs in Rome and was the first Roman emperor to come from the lower equestrian class and ...

Ridley Scott's Gladiator 2 begins with a similar note as his 2000 movie, where Hanno (Paul Mescal), who is the son of the ...

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 ...

Only after all that did the gladiators enter the arena for the actual combat in the afternoon. Their sessions were known as munera and represented the real highlight of the day for Roman audiences.

Credit: D. Atfield / Colchester Museums The Colchester Vase adds to a series of findings that indicate the presence of Roman spectacles in the city, such as fragments of wall paintings depicting ...

The vase, dating back to CE 160–200, According to a recent study the Colchester Vase is more than just a decorative artifact; it is a commissioned piece that documents a real combat event that ...