VIII. The strangest volunteer gladiator was a Roman Emperor. His name was Emperor Commodus, who you might recognise from the movie Gladiator. He was a deeply unpopular emperor who ruled Rome until ...

The real history of Jewish gladiators, from Reish Lakish to Kirk Douglas. In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted in southern Italy, burying the nearby Roman city of Pompeii in scalding stone and ash.

However, he will use this persona as a gladiator, a man forced to fight to the death, to inspire the people of Rome and challenge Commodus. The opening battle in Gladiator kicks the movie off on a ...

When Josephus remarks that Rome couldn't function without slaves Commodus accuses him of speaking life Spartacus, a former soldier and slave who became a gladiator and who led a slave uprising ...

Maximus is a powerful Roman ... his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is captured and put into the Gladiator games ...

Juba is a Nubian warrior and friend of Maximus, while Gracchus is a Roman Senator ... a slave and a gladiator who eventually takes down the corrupt Emperor Commodus before dying a noble death ...

Maximus is a powerful Roman ... his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is captured and put into the Gladiator games ...