Watch Gladiator II

Columbus crosses, then governs badly; the Vangelis theme outlived the film by decades.

A blacksmith becomes a knight and holds Jerusalem against Saladin; watch the director’s cut, not the release.

One accusation told three ways, ending in the last judicial duel France allowed.

Two legionaries through the fall of the Republic; HBO and the BBC's expensive Caesar.

Maximus's quest for revenge in ancient Rome (2000).

Mogadishu, October 1993: a raid meant to take an hour runs all night.

Demi Moore shaves her head to get through SEAL selection as a senator’s test case.

Getty refuses to pay his grandson’s ransom; Plummer replaced Spacey in nine days of reshoots.