Some folks cannot believe the Roman Colosseum was home to man-eating sharks, but the truth isn’t too far removed from ...

Gladiator II director Ridley Scott famously does not care about historical accuracy in his films but we had to ask.

University of B.C. instructors Dr. Charmaine Gorrie and Dr. Siobhán McElduff teach a course called Gladiators, Games and Spectacle in the Greek and Roman World, offered by the department of ancient ...

With a fashion history that spans well beyond the '90s and recent runway revivals, there's no better time to embrace bandeaus ...

In his fascinating new RTÉ One documentary The Land of Slaves and Scholars, writer and podcaster Blindboy Boatclub explores ...

Just as there is evidence of older Roman theatres being converted for gladiator contests and beast hunts, there is also ...

The 67-year-old comic has already sold out two dates of his latest show, 30 years of Dirt, at the Philharmonic Hall so has added a third at the Liverpool Empire on November 24. The comedy legend ...

Politics, in Greek, literally means “the affairs of the city.” Jesus was clearly concerned about the corrupt affairs of the Roman Empire ... Jesus spoke this most radically in what is called ...

Traditionally, “Hellenistic Judaism” was a designation for Judaism in the Greek-speaking world, including those Jews who spoke Greek and adopted a Greek way of life ... However, the period from ...

Egypt at the time was part of the empire, but the Kush felt they were decidedly not. Enraged by the tax, Amanirenas conducted a raid on Roman territory, advancing past the First Cataract of the ...