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Celebrities have been embracing gladiator sandals lately, but the shoes have a long history.

Need the Colosseum to yourself? Want to see a privately owned masterpiece by Caravaggio? For the tourism fixer Fulvio De ...

The forgotten truth behind Rome's Colosseum is its construction using Jewish war spoils and the forced labor of thousands of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Scott Atran, University of Michigan (THE CONVERSATION) Throughout history, rulers and ...

For both Roman gladiators and modern-day mixed martial arts participants, physical contests become moral dramas about sacrifice and human limits. That has led today’s fighters to right-wing politics.

What was it really like to be an Ancient Roman Gladiator? Did these fighters live a life of fame, fortune and glory? Were they respected and admired? Or were they subjugated to a life of hardship and ...