The Thracian gladiator Spartacus, a popular character in movies and television, outsmarted the Romans until his demise in the first century B.C. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Archaeologists have made a breakthrough in the mystery surrounding Spatacus, the escaped slave and former gladiator, who led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic in southern Italy.

While it was nominated for Best Picture, it only won for Art Direction and Costume ... which remains one of the best movies set in Ancient Rome. Spartacus was directed by the legendary Stanley ...

Archaeologists working in southern Italy have identified a Roman ... 90,000 men. Spartacus was killed in 71 BCE in a pitched battle with Crassus’ forces. A small section of the ancient wall ...

This April, the first demo of the ground-breaking gladiator combat video game Spartacus Blood Arena ... to enter the blood-soaked arenas of ancient Rome in this eagerly awaited game, which claims ...

An ancient stone wall used ... When imagining the epic era of Roman gladiators, one name is synonymous with armored bodies and bloodied swords — Spartacus. Beginning with the 1960 film starring ...

Researchers have identified the wall and accompanying ditches as having been part of structures built by Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus in 71 BC to contain Spartacus and his revolting troops.