However, a recent study of a Roman gladiator buried in York has challenged this assumption. Using a new method to study DNA, researchers have determined that the Roman — who was buried between ...

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Gladiator culture united this north-western extremity of the Roman Empire with hundreds of towns across the Roman world, from Algeria to Israel, Spain to Syria. Britannia was no rustic backwater ...

Gladiator II explores the allure and dangers of political power, focusing on those who rise from the fringes of society to become central figures in the Roman Empire. Like its Oscar-winning ...