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. Built by the Roman ...

The world wide success of the film Gladiator has generated a renewed interested in Ancient Rome and the role of gladiators. Any inquiry into this question has to raise the spectre of the slave war ...

Lucy Lawless as Lucretia in 'Spartacus: House of Ashur' Season 1 Episode 1 - Starz Set in Capua, this reimagined world thrusts viewers back into the brutality of Ancient Rome with the shocking ...

When Spartacus hit theaters in 1960, audiences expected another grand sword-and-sandals spectacle with Roman armies, gladiator clashes and chariots thundering across the plains. What they didn’t ...

Actor Nick Tarabay delivers a line in the original Spartacus series on Starz that stuck with creator Steven S. DeKnight for more than a decade. Tarabay's character, Ashur, an ambitious, unpredictable ...

In Spartacus, originally published in Italian in 2011, Prof. Schiavone (Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane)presents a novel view of the Spartacus rebellion, arguing that it was essentially more of a ...

Nick Tarabay‘s treacherous Ashur returns from the dead in Spartacus: House of Ashur, and Lucy Lawless‘ Lucretia is the one who ushers in his return. Lawless’ cameo in the Spartacus: House of Ashur ...