The movie Gladiator is a story about the Roman Empire back in 160 A.
movie contains some factual information. It also has many false historical facts. The plot .
of the movie starts with a general of the Roman army, Maximus, who leads his army to .
victory. The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius asks Maximus to become emperor instead .
of his own son Commodus. He asks Maximus right before he is going to die. When .
Marcus tells his son Commodus that he wants Maximus to be the next emperor .
Commodus kills him. Commodus asks Maximus to serve him but he refuses. .
Commodus orders that Maximus and his wife and child be killed. Maximus kills the men .
that were sent to execute him, but was unable to save his family. He was so badly hurt .
that he passed out and was captured by slave traders. He was sold to Proximo to fight as .
a gladiator. Gladiators fight until all their enemies are dead for the entertainment of the .
people.
Maximus becomes a true gladiator and was the best fighter of all of them. When .
he goes to the coliseum, in Rome, he becomes very popular with every victory. His plan .
is to get revenge on Commodus, who killed his family and Marcus Aurelius. Commodus .
had a sister named Annia Lucilla who was afraid of him. She had strong feelings for .
Maximus and wanted to help him escape. Commodus threatened to kill Annia Lucilla's .
son if she helped Maximus escape. She tells him the plan and Commodus sets a trap to .
recapture Maximus. Commodus challenges Maximus to fight in the coliseum but stabs .
him in the side before the fight begins. Even though he was hurt Maximus still fought .
Commodus and won the fight. Commodus died and Maximus died shortly after that and .
went to join his family in heaven.
There was a Roman general named Maximus but not until the third century. He .
was not Spanish and he was never a gladiator. When Commodus took the throne, in 180 .
A.D., Annia Lucilla was suspected of being a traitor and was sent away and murdered.
Maximus and other slaves are trained to fight as a Gladiators. ... The money is another reason that some men became gladiators. ... The gladiators also held a lot of sex appeal to the ladies watching. ... There were even women that became gladiators. ... Gladiators got the same treatment. ...
Would it be ironic for Romans to adopt the gladiatorial games? ... Gladiatorial battles gave each gladiator a chance to live whereas in a direct human sacrifice the human did not even have a chance to live. ... Romans warmly accepted gladiatorial contests in antiquity. ... Sea battles, animal hunts, women gladiators, and fighting emperors all contributed to new enhancements associated with gladiatorial combats. ... Gladiatorial combats were held for several nonpolitical reasons. ...
That is the sign for the net man to kill the other gladiator. ... With the coming of Christianity, gladiatorial show began to fall into disfavor. ... It shows that there is a good relationship between Maximus and other gladiators. ... After he becomes a gladiator, he establishes a good relationship with other gladiators. ... He sees the difference between soldiers and gladiators. ...
The essence of the bloodthirsty entertainment was in the form of the gladiator. The word gladiator comes from the Latin for swordsman, from gladius or sword. ... The sons of Junius Brutus first displayed gladiatorial combat when they honored their father at his funeral by matching three pairs of gladiators. ... Gladiatorial combat was so important to ancient Romans that they had gladiator schools to train men to be machines of slaughter for the scheduled entertainment (Johnston 287). ... The gladiators would be forced to fight the wild beasts unarmed. ...
Paper 2: "Gladiator- Evaluation The film Gladiator, by Ridley Scott is a blockbuster hit for more reasons than one. ... However, in my opinion, Gladiator was a very successful film that kept me on the edge of my seat. ... Maximus is then sold to gladiator-turned-impresario Proximo and forced to fight as a gladiator. ... Maximus then returns to Rome as a gladiator with the vile intentions of seeking revenge. ... I would argue that Gladiator is an exciting film to watch. ...
Determine if the movie "Gladiator" succeeded in depicting Roman and things Roman. "Gladiator" (DreamWorks) is arguably eh greatest movie depicting most precisely Rome and things Roman. ... Also, "Gladiator" reflected some other cultural features of the Roman world in greeting, talking, and in costumes. The best part of the movie about Roman culture was about the gladiators. ... Another fact of the Roman Empire that "Gladiator" portrayed spectacularly was their military. ...
Once a gladiator you will have to take the gladiatorial oath. ... Why would a free citizen want to become a gladiator? ... Once a gladiator, you"ll be designated as a certain type of gladiators. ... Once the games begin, you will fight another gladiator. ... A Rudiarii is a freed gladiator. ...
The Gladiators followed instructions, which was to live and die in honor. The word gladiator is a divertive from the Latin word, gladius; which means sword. ... The gladiator slaves were owned and trained by a person called a lanista. ... For the gladiator, life was terrible. ... Because they were gladiators, they could never be Roman citizens. ...
The gladiatorial games of ancient Rome were a fascinating part of the Roman culture. ... Most gladiators did not willingly go to these schools, as they were slaves sold into a familia gladitoria, the Latin name for a troupe of gladiators. ... Commodus in particular enjoyed participating in gladiatorial shows. ... The gladiators were considered celebrities. ... According to Alan Baker, in his book on Roman gladiators: The gladiators themselves were the superstars of their day, lusted after by both women and men. ...
