Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who survived countless brutal battles in the arena, his name echoing across Rome and its far-reaching provinces. Though he gained fame and renown, life as a ...

In a dense forest in southern Italy, archaeologists have discovered a Roman wall, over two millennia old, constructed to halt the infamous rebel gladiator Spartacus and his army.

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“Spartacus” screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, blacklisted during the Red Scare, may have identified with the shrewd Thracian gladiator who led a slave revolt against the crushing overlords of the ...

An exhibition of ancient Thracian art is in suspended animation at the Getty Villa, shuttered by the Pacific Palisades wildfires.

The Thracian show floats in a state of suspended animation. The Getty Villa reflecting pool, usually bright blue, is black because of ash from the Palisades fire in this photo taken Jan. 22, 2025.

“Gladiator II,” one of the year’s biggest action films and the sequel to Ridley Scott‘s Oscar-winning historical epic, will soon be streaming on Paramount+ on Jan. 21. “After his home is ...

He was a Thracian gladiator and one of the escaped slaves who led an uprising against the Roman Republic in the early first century BC. Andy Whitfield played Spartacus for the first season and ...

There were also many different types of gladiators – the Thracian, Samnite, Murmillo, and Retiarius – that were classified based on the weapons they used as well as their fighting techniques.

We look back on the stars of the original "Gladiator" movie and see what they've done since.