Consider the carnage produced by the popular gladiatorial and animal blood-bath games. At Rome’s Colosseum, a system of ropes and pulleys ... garbage and filthy water filled the streets. Inside ...

“A team of workmen at the capstan could raise a cage with a bear, leopard or lion inside into position ... the builder of Renaissance Rome, tried to transform the Colosseum into a wool factory ...

Airbnb dangled an unusual possibility this week for fans of history, shields and very long movies: “Suit up and unleash your ...