Hidden passage of emperors opened at the Colosseum

Visitors to the Colosseum in Rome can now walk through a tunnel that even in Roman times was exclusively reserved for emperors ...
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The Roman Brother Emperors in Gladiator II

Some contemporary accounts suggest that they did some scheming. “In one of the sources, it even says that they had a plan to split the Empire in the middle,” says Andrew Scott, a professor of ...
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The Colosseum Now Lets You Walk Where Emperors Did

In a recent statement from the Colosseum Archaeological Park, a secret tunnel once only used by Roman emperors has become ...
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Dondas The Monkey, And The Real Animal That Became Counsel To A Roman Emperor

The following contains spoilers for Gladiator 2, now playing in theaters Gladiator 2 makes some wild tweaks to history, including giving a Roman Emperor a pet monkey. Played by Fred Hechinger, ...

Stunning map of ancient roads will give you a good reason to think about the Roman Empire more often

The Roman Empire had an impressive road network. A new dataset now visualizes the road map, adding over 100,000 kilometers of previously unknown routes.
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How Often Does Francis Ford Coppola Think About the Roman Empire? ‘Quite a Lot,’ Says Director: It ‘Was the Inspiration’ for ‘Megalopolis’

Francis Ford Coppola is joining the Roman Empire TikTok trend by asking himself the viral question: “How often do you think about the Roman Empire?” “How often do I think of Ancient Rome? Quite a lot, ...
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The Roman Brother Emperors in Gladiator II

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Gladiator II. Some contemporary accounts suggest that they did some scheming. “In one of the sources, it even says that they had a plan to split the Empire in ...