Seating at the Colosseum was divided according to social hierarchy. The best seats were on the lower level, closest to the arena floor—these were reserved for the emperor and the Vestal Virgins ...

Emperor Titus started the first games in ... They showed the power struggles in Roman society. The Colosseum’s seating showed who was important, with the rich up front and the poor at the ...

The Colosseum was built between 72 and 80 CE. Roman Emperor Vespasian paid for every part of the project with wealth looted from the Jews during Rome’s conquest of Judea. Worse yet, the arena ...

Who Was Emperor After Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus Died in Gladiator I? The original Gladiator of course ends with Crowe’s Maximus killing that nasty Commodus in the Colosseum, even as he dies ...

Like its predecessor, “Gladiator II” is inspired by history. That doesn’t mean it’s bound by actual historical facts, however. Now in theaters, Ridley Scott’s follow-up to his 2000 epic ...

Airbnb notes that "the Colosseum is a place of combat, not of rest," and as such, "By decree of the Emperor, no guest shall stay the night." ...

There were sharks swimming around in the Colosseum? "Well," says director ... brothers named Caracalla and Geta briefly ruled as dual emperors of Rome after their father, Septimius Severus ...