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What does “Gladiator II” get wrong?
Mad emperor Commodus has become two mad emperors ... this film’s problems are more profound than mere inaccuracy. Great Roman ...
Swords, sandals and ... sharks? Critics sharpen their spears over Gladiator II inaccuracies
While naval battles in the Colosseum were recorded under the reigns of emperors Titus and Domitian, the notion of ...
St. Peter's Basilica contains his tomb... right? Why there's still some doubt
Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After ...
Q&A: Looking at ancient Roman plagues through an environmental lens
A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...