Gladiator II: historians on the fate of the real Roman royalty featured in the film
The film follows the son of Russell Crowe’s Maximus who has been living under a new identity to escape Roman politics.
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Mosaic of Roman farmer with cattle and plow
On the frontiers of the empire, Roman generals served as patroni for the people they conquered, while Roman provinces or cities often sought out an influential senator to act as patroni and ...
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Marcus Valerius Laevinus, the Roman general who persuaded the senators to donate their assets to fund the war against Hannibal
All these names have in common being fictional detectives, born from the fertile imagination of writers from the… Secessio Plebis, the Roman Antecedent of the General Strike in Which the People ...
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Bust of Nerva the Emperor
At this point history took a sharp turn. Shortly before Nerva died, Roman generals had debated who should be the next emperor. They chose Trajan, a former army commander, senator and governor of ...
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Ukraine war: Another Russian general killed by Ukrainian forces - reports
Russian state media have confirmed the death of one of Moscow's top generals during heavy fighting in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. Maj Gen Roman Kutuzov was killed leading an assault on a ...
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Spartacus (died 71 BC)
The administration in Rome now began to take the threat from Spartacus seriously and the Roman politician and general Marcus Licinius Crassus led an army south. The slaves managed to break through ...
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To honor Israel, Rome lights up Arch of Titus, landmark celebrating ancient destruction of Jerusalem, in blue and white
The Arch of Titus, in the city’s historic center, was built nearly 2,000 years ago to celebrate the eponymous Roman general’s conquering of Jerusalem and destruction of its Holy Temple.