The Colosseum in Rome was remarkable for a few reasons upon its construction in the first century C.E. The most obvious was its size. At four stories high and with 80 arched entrances, the ...

Soar over the magnificent coastal city of Pula, the historic soul of the Istrian Peninsula in Croatia. The drone captures the ...

Great emotions last night at the Amphitheater of the Pompeii Excavations for the first of two dates of Nino D’Angelo’s show ...

Lions, tigers, and bears. These, among many other exotic animals, are the beasts with which gladiators did battle in amphitheaters across the Roman empire. It’s a spectacle that has long captured the ...

Ancient Romans utilized the foundation of Greek theater by borrowing the open air, semi-circular structure, while also innovatively altering the physical space to include an expanded stage. They also ...

Passionate Jordanian fans descended upon the historic Roman Amphitheater in downtown Amman at the break of dawn ...

New evidence reveals how a Roman amphitheater was transformed into a fortified stronghold in the 5th century. Prof. Mark Horton explores whether this hidden building served as a political or military ...

Fearsome Roman gladiators dueling for the entertainment of a roaring amphitheater looms large in the cultural imagination, perhaps now more than ever with Ridley Scott’s blockbuster Gladiator sequel, ...

24.8 x 38.7 cm. (9.8 x 15.2 in.) Van Deren Coke and Diana C. Dupont, Photography: A Facet of Modernism, Photographs from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, ...

The Arena di Verona Opera Festival opens this Friday, June 5 for the first of 50-plus nights this summer (June 5–Sep 12). Central to the 2026 offerings are six productions of classic Italian operas by ...