High-end apartments and generational homes live among ancient landmarks such as the Colosseum and the Pantheon ...

Airbnb’s gladiator experience at the Colosseum leads to outcry in Rome The vacation-rental company is promising armor, swordfights and “victuals” to a chosen few. November 16, 2024 ...

ROME — The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights — albeit staged — for the first time in two millennia under a $1.5-million sponsorship deal with Airbnb that aims to ...

Archaeology & History Roman Villa in Spain Yields More Than 4,000 Painted Wall Fragments. The sections hint at the "rich decoration" of the stately residence, archaeologists said.

Roman emperor Domitian is believed to have put on a sea battle in the Colosseum in 85 AD, for instance. The “Gladiator II” naumachia raises the stakes by adding sharks, although that is ...

While rhinos were a big hit at the Colosseum and other Roman arenas, Ginsberg does say there is no evidence to support a gladiator would have ever ridden one, like in “Gladiator II.” “No one ...

I travelled to the Roman Amphitheatre in Italica, Seville, Spain, which is quieter than the Colosseum yet equally impressive. The nearby town offers additional exploration opportunities.