Airbnb is facing backlash for partnering with the Roman Colosseum to revive gladiator "battles" as a promotional campaign for ...

Denzel Washington's villainous yet charismatic character Macrinus is based on a real historical figure, although there are ...

Gladiators are to fight again in Rome’s famous Colosseum, but this time there will be no crowds to cheer them on - just angry Romans complaining about a deal between Airbnb and the ancient monument’s ...

Gladiator-style fights are set to return to Rome's iconic Colosseum next year in the first such event in over 1,500 years, as ...

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

Ridley Scott‘s “Gladiator II” is full of memorable action scenes, from a bloody showdown featuring CGI baboons to Paul Mescal outsmarting a charging rhino in the Roman Colosseum. But one ...

When it comes to the Colosseum sea battle in “Gladiator II,” Scott is surprisingly not deviating too far from history. A form of ancient Roman theater was called “naumachia,” in which sea ...

Thanks to this, we get to see Paul Mescal battling a rhino and other fabulous beasts like Pedro Pascal at the Colosseum — he even captains a ship inside the arena! This is all very entertaining ...

Much like its predecessor, “Gladiator II” centers on spectacular gladiatorial games held at the Colosseum ... arena,” says Scott. “There’s this long section in a book by the Roman ...

The image of a gladiator standing tall on top of a charging rhino flying through the Roman Colosseum became one ... lot from the showmen of the ancient arena” when they researched the first ...