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Warning: Full spoilers follow for Gladiator II as well as ancient Roman history circa 200 CE. Ridley Scott’s historical action film Gladiator II has arrived, and as with the 2000 original starring ...

I am planning to lead a (second) study trip to western Turkey later this year, from Tuesday 22nd September to Thursday 1st ...

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