Comments on: Tomb of real-life ‘Gladiator’ found http://www.nuncscio.com/2008/10/20/tomb-of-real-life-gladiator-found/ Politics. Media. Culture. Now you know. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:34:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Viking Bruuner http://www.nuncscio.com/2008/10/20/tomb-of-real-life-gladiator-found/comment-page-1/#comment-10005 Viking Bruuner Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:52:12 +0000 http://nuncscio.com/?p=1496#comment-10005 Hey, does Mr. Crowe have a boner in that picture? Its understandable. I think I'd have one too if I was in 'Gladiator'. Hey, does Mr. Crowe have a boner in that picture? Its understandable. I think I’d have one too if I was in ‘Gladiator’.

]]> By: Karen http://www.nuncscio.com/2008/10/20/tomb-of-real-life-gladiator-found/comment-page-1/#comment-9990 Karen Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:19:13 +0000 http://nuncscio.com/?p=1496#comment-9990 The best course I ever took was a joint Classics-Cinema Studies class called something like, "The Roman World in Film." It was about how our modern conception of ancient Rome is more influenced by movies about Rome than actual historical evidence. We looked at the history of various cliches in Roman epics like the reluctant gladiator, the senator who stands up to an autocrat, etc. Anyway, the course culminated in <i>Gladiator</i> which, after looking at the evidence, is more about Roman epics than historical Rome itself. It is virtually a pastiche of nearly a century of cinematic history. There's some discussion about other films it quotes on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator_(2000_film)" rel="nofollow">wikipedia page</a>. But yeah! I don't care if it's unoriginal and hitorically incorrect, Gladiator is seriously one of the best, most entertaining movies ever! The best course I ever took was a joint Classics-Cinema Studies class called something like, “The Roman World in Film.” It was about how our modern conception of ancient Rome is more influenced by movies about Rome than actual historical evidence. We looked at the history of various cliches in Roman epics like the reluctant gladiator, the senator who stands up to an autocrat, etc.

Anyway, the course culminated in Gladiator which, after looking at the evidence, is more about Roman epics than historical Rome itself. It is virtually a pastiche of nearly a century of cinematic history. There’s some discussion about other films it quotes on the wikipedia page.

But yeah! I don’t care if it’s unoriginal and hitorically incorrect, Gladiator is seriously one of the best, most entertaining movies ever!

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