Since its debut in 2000, Gladiator has been hailed as a cinematic milestone, earning plaudits for its accurate depiction of ...

In ancient Rome, after the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, loyal general Maximus is betrayed and sentenced to death by the new emperor, Commodus. Escaping execution, Maximus is enslaved and ...

Under Commodus’ rule, Rome’s political landscape becomes increasingly unstable. The new emperor controls the Senate with fear while eating away Rome’s resources to fund 150 days of Colosseum ...

Commodus’ reign got off to a disastrous start when he made a huge rookie mistake. The problem wasn’t that he killed his own father, Marcus Aurelius. He had to.

Archeologists have unearthed a private mini-Colosseum built by the notorious Roman emperor who featured in the Oscar-winning film Gladiator. Commodus used the 2nd century ampitheatre on his estate ...

While Minnesota may be relatively new on the scale of Church history, it does hold the remains of one of the Church’s first ...