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, ...

For the first time, the underground tunnels beneath the historic Baths of Caracalla in Rome are open to the public. Thanks to an in-depth, €350,000 ($392,000) restoration, visitors can now walk ...

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 ...

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 ...

It took Abdel-Halim Caracalla, the founder of Caracalla Dance Theatre, years of travelling around the world and examining fabrics to come up with the costume designs featured in “One Thousand and One ...

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 ...

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 ...