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Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during ...

The Roman epic is always going to be a big and expensive production. A few box office flops, notably 1964's ‘The Fall of the Roman Empire', made filmmakers wary of attempting to connect modern day ...

Maximus is a beloved general in the Roman Army and a loyal servant to Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris). After Marcus chooses Maximus to succeed him, his sadistic son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix ...

but the story does center around Maximus (Russell Crowe), a Roman general who takes the blame for the murder of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris, “Unforgiven”). After escaping an ...

Maximus and Commodus' deaths necessitate the twins taking control of Rome. In real life, the twins ruled the empire in 211, nearly three decades after the demise of Marcus Aurelius. The two were ...

The newest coins date from about A.D. 175 during the reign of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, who died in 180. | Credit: Andrew Williams/Norfolk County Council Metal detectorists in the east of ...

Cleveland Museum of Art A headless bronze statue that may depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius will be repatriated to Turkey after an investigation determined that it had been ...