Michael Hanaghan receives funding from the Australian Research Council. When Gladiator I was released in 2000, I was a high school Classics student and the film brought Classical literature to life ...

Gladiator 2 takes place 16 years after the first movie’s events and depicts a Rome with not one but two emperors: twins Geta (Joseph Quinn) and Caracalla (Fred Hechinger). They are cruel, incompetent, ...

The summer night of great orchestral music bids farewell to the Baths of Caracalla to conquer the arena of the Circus Maximus. Who knows if the emperor himself would have approved: he, son ...

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Gladiator II. The drama in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, out Nov. 22, not only takes place in the Colosseum arena floor, but also in the stands, between the ...

This article contains major Gladiator II spoilers. Denzel Washington is one of those truly gifted actors. The kind where watching him read from a tax return could be amusing. So witnessing him devour ...

Gladiator II remains a massive question mark hanging over the fall season. The reported budget is absolutely massive. It might be the most expensive movie of the entire fall season, and if it fails, ...

How does an artist reconcile his dream with reality? For Beirut’s Caracalla Dance Theatre, survival in the Arab world depends on a careful balance of imagination and financial pragmatism. Love and ...

Julio is a Senior Author for Collider. He studied History and International Relations at university, but found his calling in cultural journalism. When he isn't writing, Julio also teaches English at ...

Despite its name, the Caracalla Baths were much more than a place to bathe and relax. In the 200s, the large complex was also used for sport, study (it had two libraries) and areas for walking.

When Gladiator I was released in 2000, I was a high school Classics student and the film brought Classical literature to life for me. Dramatic depictions of ancient warfare seemed more real, the ...