History of Roman Gladiators - Movie Review of Gladiator 2 - 25 Interesting Facts

History of Roman Gladiators - Movie Review of Gladiator 2 - 25 Interesting Facts

On Traveling Through History, we take a look at the history of Roman Gladiators and the Coliseum, as well as the practice of fighting as a form of entertainment and sport in the Roman culture.  Gladiators were professional combatants in ancient Rome.  The gladiators originally performed at Etruscan funerals, no doubt with intent to give the dead man armed attendants in the next world; and the fights were usually to the death.  At shows in Rome these exhibitions became wildly popular and increased in size from three pairs at the first known exhibition in 264 BC (at the funeral of a Brutus) to 300 pairs in the time of Julius Caesar (died 44 BC).  The shows extended from one day to as many as a hundred, under the emperor Titus, and the emperor Trajan in his triumph (107 AD) had 5,000 pairs of gladiators.  Shows were also given in other towns of the Roman Empire, as can be seen from the traces of amphitheaters.

Next, we take a look at a movie review of the epic movie "Gladiator 2" (2024) out in theaters now and we give our review of the movie after seeing it this week.  Gladiator II is a 2024 historical epic film directed and produced by Ridley Scott that serves as a sequel to Gladiator (2000).  Written by David Scarpa based on a story he wrote with Peter Craig, the film was produced by Scott Free Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures.  It stars Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Lior Raz, Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, and Denzel Washington.  Jacobi and Nielsen reprise their roles from the first film, with Mescal replacing Spencer Treat Clark.  Mescal portrays Lucius, a prisoner of war who fights as a gladiator for Macrinus, a former slave who plots to overthrow the twin emperors Geta and Caracalla.

We review several short videos about Gladiators and about the film, and then we go over 25 Interesting Facts about gladiators!

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