One theory suggests the infamous Roman emperor survived an assassination attempt in the tunnel now open to the public.

A great hero needs a great villain. That’s exactly what Russell Crowe’s Maximus had in Gladiator. Joaquin Phoenix‘s Commodus was a slimy, conniving monster who made our skin crawl. We still hate him ...

Ridley Scott’s Gladiator ruled the 00s with $465.4M at the box office. Its most brutal moment? Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) murdering his father, Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris). Aurelius chose ...

ROME (AP) — For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome’s world-renowned Colosseum will have the opportunity to walk through a hidden imperial passage that once allowed Roman emperors ...

Visitors to the Italian capital can now visit and tread a hidden walkway in the Colosseum used by Roman emperors to safely and discreetly travel to the pulvinar, their reserved honour box directly ...

A once-hidden tunnel running into the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, given the name of an emperor after its discovery will be open to the public by the end of October, authorities said. Built in the First ...

For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome’s world-renowned Colosseum will have the opportunity to walk through a hidden imperial passage that once allowed Roman emperors to reach the ...