A secret corridor in the Colosseum reserved for Roman emperors, the Commodus Passage, reopened to the public after nearly ...

For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome’s world-renowned Colosseum will have the opportunity to walk through a hidden imperial passage that once allowed Roman emperors to reach the ...

Visitors to the Italian capital can now visit and tread a hidden walkway in the Colosseum used by Roman emperors to safely and discreetly travel to the pulvinar, their reserved honour box directly ...

Commodus wasn’t just a Roman emperor — he believed he was Hercules reincarnated. Obsessed with glory, he fought staged battles in the Coliseum, executed his own family, and drained the empire’s wealth ...

The passage, constructed somewhere between the years 90 and 98, allowed emperors to get to their seats without having to use the main entrances, the vomitoria, through which the masses would spew ...

ROME — For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome's world-renowned Colosseum will have the opportunity to walk through a hidden imperial passage that once allowed Roman emperors to ...