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Holy Gladiators, Batman! As everyone connected to the internet now knows, Gladiator II, the not-awaited sequel to Gladiator, will be riding into your movie theater arena in November. But you don’t have to wait until then to get your fix of “always fighting to the death, although that is a terrible business model to kill off at …

Episode 77: In which Hades learns what movies and archaeologists are, and young Prince Charles crawls around an Etruscan tomb. This cross-over episode of Real Housewives of Hades (a Mt. Olympus spin-off) and Real Housewives of Mt. Olympus brought to you by the latest archaeological news on…EntertainmentWeekly.com (?!…checks notes…yes, that’s correct!) – and by CLAS-B 312 Plague, Disasters …

It’s finally here! Twenty-four years after absolutely no one watched Gladiator and thought “Now that is a movie that needs a sequel!,” the trailer for Gladiator II has dropped, and it is…something. Maybe all the things? For those of you who weren’t part of the movie-going public in the year 2000, the original Gladiator slammed into theaters …

Episode 76: In which the architects of the Parthenon and Stonehenge bicker over a Minoan Stonehenge and Daedalus’ belief in airports. This episode of Real Housewives of Hades (a Mt. Olympus spin-off) brought to you by the latest archaeological news on CNN.com – and by CLAS-C 205 Classical Mythology. [SETTING: Underworld Club for Architects] PHIDIAS, …

This episode of Ancient Influencers brought to you by CLAS-C 213 Sport and Competition in the Ancient World – Because modern-day minds and media have nothing on the past. In the fifth episode of House of the Dragon, King Viserys Targaryen wonders how he will be remembered as king, given that his reign was long, peaceful, and …

This is a summer of travel for Classical Studies faculty: Dr. Andy Findley went to Rome, and I, Dr. Liz Thill, unintentionally took a tour of small towns in upstate New York with classically inspired names (places visited or at least spotted: Seneca Falls, Ovid, Aurelius, Romulus, Camillus, Marcellus, Macedon, Palmyra, Tyre, Cato, and Victory). …

Missed your opportunity to see O Brother Where Art Thou? as part of our Classics at the Kan-Kan series? Well, the gods have given you another chance… Looking for the film adaptation of The Odyssey that stays truest to the spirit of Homer’s original epic poem? No, it’s not that Kirk Douglas monstrosity Ulysses, where …

Acquisition no. 6: A museum information sign for a portrait of an unknown young man, who looks like he did all the drugs. This episode of Honest Museum Signs brought to you by CLAS-C 361 Ancient Roman Revolutions. Social media is full of series that feature the greatest works of ancient art. This is not …

At the time of writing, Dr. Andy Findley is escorting a group of IU-Indy students through Rome as part of Herron’s Italian study abroad experience. Presumably, he at some point shared their itinerary with me (Dr. Thill), but I don’t remember, because my life is chaos and my mind is an often-cleaned whiteboard with no …

Episode 75: In which Roma and Mars revisit a terrible plan to invade California and rescue a statue, and Minerva discusses maritime law. This episode of Real Housewives of Mt. Olympus brought to you by the latest archaeological news on CNN.com – and by CLAS-A 301 Classical Archaeology. MARS, ROMAN GOD OF WAR: Minerva! Remember when …