Ridley Scott’s original film featured two Roman emperors, one good (Marcus Aurelius) and one very bad (Commodus); likewise, Gladiator II also features a pair of real-life emperors, only this ...

It was a job for life, so if an emperor was mad, bad or dangerous, the only solution was to cut that life short. Everybody knew it, so paranoia ruled. For many, the sacrifices required to get the ...

At this point history took a sharp turn. Shortly before Nerva died, Roman generals had debated who should be the next emperor. They chose Trajan, a former army commander, senator and governor of ...

According to Mary Beard, classicist and author of Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World, most of that time would have been spent in transit to Rome from present-day York, U.K., where ...

The full story of gladiators in the Roman Empire continues to expand as new discoveries come to light through archaeology. Early excavations at the Colosseum laid the foundation while recent ...

It took more than two decades, but Gladiator II is finally in theaters, taking us back to Ridley Scott's vision of the Roman Empire. As Lucius Verus (Paul Mescal) seeks his revenge against Rome on ...