Sir Anthony Hopkins leads the Those About To Die cast, as the Emperor who changed the face of Ancient Rome by ordering the building of the Colosseum. Directed by Hollywood legend Roland Emmerich ...

Rome wasn't built in a day, but Peacock's gladiator epic TV series "Those About to Die" (now streaming) was buzzing with activity during Anthony Hopkins' first afternoon as Emperor Vespasian in an ...

Vespasian (9 – 79 AD / ruled 69 – 79 AD) worked hard to restore law, order and self-respect to Rome after the civil war. He established the new, Flavian dynasty. Born to a Roman knight and ...

ROMEROME — Archaeologists have unearthed a sprawling country villa believed to be the birthplace of Vespasian, the Roman emperor who built the Colosseum, they said Friday. The 2,000-year-old ruins ...

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A team of British and Italian archaeologists have discovered the remains of a lavish villa belonging to the emperor Vespasian, exactly 2,000 years after his birth. The archaeologists have unearthed ...

Archeologists working in a mountainous region north of Rome have unearthed a villa they believe to be the birthplace of Vespasian, who was emperor of Rome nearly 2,000 years ago. Lead archaelogist ...

A first look of actor Anthony Hopkins filming Those About To Die has been revealed. Anthony, 84, who is playing Roman Emperor Vespasian in the series, donned white and gold robes and a crown for the ...

The last words of the Emperor Vespasian – the eighth emperor of Rome – were memorable for their down-to-earth common sense. "Damn," he is supposed to have said. "I think I am turning into a god." If ...

His name is immortalised in modern Italian as the word for a public urinal, but tomorrow that humiliation will be forgotten as Rome sets about throwing a massive party for the Emperor Vespasian's ...