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 ...

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 ...

Dalton Ross is a writer and editor with over 25 years experience covering TV and the entertainment industry. Survivor is kind of his thing. Would he live or die? That was the question heading into the ...

New series based on Spartacus' history, 'Spartacus', will be aired on Starz in 2009, promising an R-rated storytelling with the latest digital filmmaking techniques. AceShowbiz - "Spartacus" will come ...

From waxed chests to homosexuality, Steven DeKnight reveals the facts on the era depicted on the Starz series. By Jethro Nededog “I absolutely adore all the stuff that is written about the Romans,” ...