Recent excavations in the ancient city of Stratonikeia discovered a sewage system large enough to walk in.
The event is part of the promotion for Ridley Scott's 'Gladiator II', but locals fear it trivializes the monument's heritage.
The knife handle is a testament to how pervasive the gladiator celebrity culture was in the Roman Empire, reaching all the way to Hadrian’s Wall at the very edge of the Roman Empire.
A helmet found in the ruins of the famous Roman city wiped out by a volcano eruption a few years after the destruction of Jerusalem depicts a palm tree, a symbol of Judea.
A new scholarly article examines the historical evidence of Jewish participation in the gladiatorial arena.
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