It’s pretty clear from Josephus and from the archaeology' that gladiators fought in Caesarea, says NYU professor; Israeli ...

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

The obscene graffiti directed against Caracalla and Geta in Gladiator II then is part of a long tradition of political ...

In an effort to prevent overcrowding and protect the city’s ruins, the Pompeii Archaeological Park ... hoping to get an up-close glimpse of ancient Roman life. But last summer, the site ...

In the amphitheater of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott trains his lens on fighters and emperors—but no account of ancient ...

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When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for ...

Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...

The world-famous Pompeii archaeological park introduced on Friday a daily limit of 20,000 visitors, the latest Italian ...

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