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 John Pearce/The Conversation In the amphitheatre of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott trains his lens on fighters and emperors – but no account of ancient gladiators is complete without including its devotees. Eclipsing the modern superfan in adulation for their heroes, fans massed in the amphitheater to see their favorites fight, taking on a mania that created a potential for disaster. According to the Roman historian Tacitus, in AD27 a poorly built arena at Fidenae, just outside Rome, collapsed under the spectators’ weight. The incident left 50,000 dead or injured. But gladiator fandom extended well beyond the arena. In the summer of 2019, archaeologists uncovered a tavern in Pompeii that had been decorated to show the bloody outcome of a gladiator fight. This hints at the way “sports talk” pervaded life in that city. Read moreSection: Ancient PlacesEuropeHistoryAncient TraditionsRead Later 

An investigation has been launched into the disappearance of an Israeli-Moldovan dual citizen living in the United Arab Emirates, Jerusalem Post reported Saturday.

Sen. Lindsey Graham is warning that the United States will "crush" the economies of any of its allies that attempt to enforce the International Criminal Court's warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant.

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pick Brooke Rollins, president of the America First Policy Institute, to be agriculture secretary, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Pope Francis will visit the French Mediterranean island of Corsica in December, days after skipping the reopening of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral which was ravaged by a fire in 2019, the Vatican said Saturday.

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