The bread-and-circuses approach to public policy has never been more ambitiously or outrageously memorialized than by the eternal centerpiece of the Eternal City—the subject of “Colosseum,” the ...

For the first time in history, the bowels of Rome’s Colosseum are now open for public viewing. The labyrinth of subterranean passageways, rooms and cages from which gladiators and prisoners used to ...

The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights — albeit staged — for the first time in two millennia under a $1.5 million sponsorship deal with Airbnb that aims to promote "a more ...

Have you ever seen a two-thousand-year-old sports arena from the sky? Welcome to Rome, where ancient history sits right in ...

A once-secret passage used by Emperor Commodus to access the Rome Colosseum is opening to the public for the first time, allowing visitors to experience the imperial route nearly 2,000 years after its ...

As the most enduring symbol of the Roman Empire and one of the most famous landmarks in the world, the Colosseum draws more ...

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 “Gladiator” ...

In suggesting that the Roman Colosseum “was financed by three emperors from the Flavian dynasty,” Andrea Salcedo’s July 10 Retropolis column, “The Colosseum’s long history of vandalism,” neglected to ...