How the gladiators inspired evangelicals’ sense of persecution
To early Christians, ancient gladiators were potent symbols of martyrdom, embodying virtue and bravery despite being enslaved.
Graffiti was a powerful form of protest in ancient Rome – as Gladiator II shows
The obscene graffiti directed against Caracalla and Geta in Gladiator II then is part of a long tradition of political ...
The Roman Brother Emperors in Gladiator II
The drama in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, out Nov. 22, not only takes place in the Colosseum arena floor, but also in the ...
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There aren’t Jewish fighters in Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator II.’ But what about in ancient Rome?
Excavators first unearthed the barracks in the late 1700s. Among the ruins they found a bronze helmet, with a circular brim, ...
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Gladiators were embodiment of tyranny to some ancient Romans
But I'm most interested in how the two films misrepresent the way Roman gladiators and their bodies were viewed by their ...
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To some ancient Romans, gladiators were the embodiment of tyranny
Cicero’s career was both marked and made by the constitutional crises that characterized the last decades of the Roman republic. In several of his speeches from the period, he characterized the ...
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Gladiators, Ranked
In honor of today’s release of the major motion picture and guaranteed box office smash Wicked, here is my non-exhaustive ...
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Gladiator 2 True Story Explained: How Much Was Real
Warning! This article contains spoilers for Gladiator 2. Gladiator 2 includes several ...