Hanno is defined by the film’s most formidable character, Macrinus, played by the Mephistophelean Denzel Washington, as a ...

According to legend, Romulus founded the city on Palatine Hill in ... a cenotaph," Alfonsina Russo, director of Rome's Colosseum Archaeological Park, said. Archaeologist Patrizia Fortini said ...

The very title of the film, directed by Uruguayan filmmaker Fede Álvarez, is a direct reference to a legendary figure: the founding myths of ancient Rome speak of the two twins who laid the ...