To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. A short and comprehensive political and military history of ancient Rome, from the ...

Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

A short and comprehensive political and military history of ancient Rome, from the origins of the city in the Italian Iron Age, until the deposition of the last emperor in 476 AD. Outlining Rome's ...

Are you not entertained? Films set in Ancient Rome deliver spectacle, silliness – and lots of men in leather skirts. These ...

A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs of ... To find catacombs, go to Rome, home of some of the oldest and longest ...

In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted in southern Italy, burying the nearby Roman city of Pompeii in scalding stone and ash. The ...

In ancient Rome, the gladiator was not a symbol of masculinity as bravery alone is shallow without discipline. Read more at ...

Sharks? Maybe not. But sea battles, semi-aquatic creatures and plenty of other eye-popping spectacles were part of the ...

The box office success of “Gladiator II” is a reminder that many Americans are obsessed with the Roman Empire. They've been ...

Fights also included staged hunts, and it’s conceivable that gladiators rode exotic wildlife. In Gladiator II, a gladiator ...

Ridley Scott was eager for his movie "Gladiator II" to be as faithful as possible to real history, but he's blunt on whether ...