Historian Michael Taylor rates depictions of ancient Rome in movies and TV shows. He reviews the depiction of gladiator fights in "Gladiator," starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix.

From the very beginning, Hollywood has been fascinated with ancient ... Rome for inspiration. Given how foundational these tales have been to Western civilization, it makes sense that the movie ...

The glories of Ancient Rome are explored in ROMAN CITY, based on David Macaulay's acclaimed book. This animated and live-action video recounts life in Verbonia, a fictional city in Gaul.

After all, we know there’s precedent for ancient Roman ... is perhaps the movie’s most obvious inclusion of queerness: the blood-thirsty brother co-emperors of Rome, Geta (Strangers Things ...