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Maximus sees his family before dying after killing Commodus, restoring Rome’s hope, and finally reaching peace ...

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Ancient Roman political leaders could be violent and cruel. Some had odd tastes and were out of touch. Others had wildly eccentric habits that might seem amusing today. But eccentric behaviour ...

Did Commodus kill his father and have a relationship with his sister? Did Caligula declare war on an ocean? Join Historian Simon Elliot as he reveals the contenders for worst Roman Emperor ever!

For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome's Colosseum can now walk through a passageway once hidden and reserved for emperors. NPR's Ruth Sherlock takes us there. UNIDENTIFIED ...

Visitors to Rome will soon do something no ordinary person has done in nearly two millennia. They’ll walk the clandestine route that once whisked emperors into the Colosseum unseen. On October 27, ...