Gladiator 2: The Colosseum Never Had Sharks, But There Are Crocodiles in the Real History
Some folks cannot believe the Roman Colosseum was home to man-eating sharks, but the truth isn’t too far removed from ...
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Ancient Roman Gladiators Were Huge Celebrities Who Even Had Their Own Merch
A tiny gladiator figurine was used as a handle on a 2,000-year-old copper folding knife found in an English river, suggesting ...
How the gladiators inspired evangelicals’ sense of persecution
Ancient athletic competitions shaped how people thought about beauty, the body, self-control, education and competition. For victorious gladiators, the outcast and the slave could paradoxically embody ...
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Why gladiators were the influencers of Ancient Rome
Gladiator fights would have been a constant in Roman social life ... to peter out with the rise of Christianity. The pagan games were no longer in favour and were abolished by Emperor Honorius ...
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‘Remarkable’ 2,000-year-old gladiator knife handle discovery shows Rome’s reach
Remarkably, the figurine is left-handed—a historically notable detail, as left-handedness was considered a bad omen in ...
Were there really rhinos, baboons and sharks in the Colosseum? A Roman history professor explains ‘Gladiator II’ scenes
The image of a gladiator standing tall on top of a charging rhino flying through the Roman Colosseum became one of the ...
Denzel Washington Makes ‘Gladiator II’ Worth It
Denzel Washington's role as Macrinus in 'Gladiator II' is one of his best and most entertaining ever, and also a villain role ...
‘Gladiator II’ exaggerates, but historians say the real-life Colosseum was plenty wild
Sharks? Maybe not. But sea battles, semi-aquatic creatures and plenty of other eye-popping spectacles were part of the ...
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Gladiators were embodiment of tyranny to some ancient Romans
The most famous martyr of the Roman republic -- Marcus Tullius Cicero-- used gladiators' physiques not ... of physical attributes were not just fair game; they were all but expected as a way ...