If you don't know, Gladiator II is now officially out, but before you go and see the sequel in theaters, below are some of the top moments you may want to remember from Gladiator. There are obviously ...

A reader sees an analogy to the tortured relationship between Bush father and son I describe in this column: With all the talk of the Bush family drama, I’m reminded of the exchange between Commodus ...

For the first time in nearly two millennia, visitors to Rome can now walk the Secret Passage of Emperor Commodus — a hidden corridor beneath the Colosseum once reserved for emperors and cloaked in ...

Fighting an implacable enemy in Germany, Marcus Aurelius trains his decadent son Commodus to succeed him, while rumor and intrigues brew back in Rome. The Germanic tribes strike as Marcus Aurelius ...