Hanno is defined by the film’s most formidable character, Macrinus, played by the Mephistophelean Denzel Washington, as a ...

“That image spoke to me of the Roman ... staging his paintings for live audiences. Pollice Verso, Latin for “with a turned thumb,” refers to the iconic gesture by which the Colosseum ...

Did you know that over four centuries, the Colosseum saw 400,000 people die in gladiatorial games? This shows the huge scale of violence and the Colosseum’s deep impact on ancient Roman culture. Built ...

The Roman Colosseum was built in the first century A.D. and hosted gladiatorial games, combat, and hunts up until the sixth century. The last official gladiator battle held at the Colosseum was in ...

So it fell to another variety of artist to commemorate the battle. It fell to tapestry makers. After seeing their work, I’m grateful it did. I have never seen an exhibition quite like “Art and ...

But the authorities that oversee ... "The Colosseum was always a site for the greatest spectacles and most outrageous shows," he told us. It would be flooded to recreate naval battles.

The Scottish seaside town of Oban, often referred to as the 'Gateway to the Hebrides', is home to a unique structure that bears a striking resemblance to the Roman Colosseum. McCaig's Tower ...

From drunken student toga parties to the 12 million annual visitors to the Colosseum ... Rome’s first imperial family, were widely smeared as scheming manipulators by day and ludicrously insatiable ...

From Aruba to Vancouver, these picturesque races (and one vertical challenge) will inspire you to lace up and run 26.2 miles.

One seaside town in Scotland is home to the rather unique McCaig’s Tower, a folly that looks rather like the Roman Colosseum ... planned to open a museum and art gallery within the planned ...

Image Santo Stefano Rotondo is a mid-fifth-century church-in-the-round atop the Caelian Hill, south of the Colosseum.Credit ... an assistant professor of art history at Rome’s John Cabot ...