In one scene, Commodus flips from pitiful weeping to political scheming in a nearly comical way. While a one-on-one battle between Maximus and Commodus at the center of the Colosseum is an epic ...

The EBRC’s latest report isn’t just about population shifts—it’s a masterstroke of political alchemy, tilting the arena to ...

It’s the home of Commodus Maximus, a Roman architect, and his slave, Josephus. Life as a slave in ancient Rome was usually very hard. They worked in mines and on farms, and many worked in houses ...