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

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

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An ancient Roman road was recently discovered by archaeologists in London. The 2,000-year-old road was located beneath modern ...

In "Gladiator II," Denzel Washington plays Macrinus, the namesake of a historical emperor with a thrilling story.

Leveraging a unique statistical analysis and applying it to ancient DNA extracted from human skeletal remains, a team of ...