Gladiator - Main Page

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4/11/2012 - Roman Colosseum Seating (Great site for info thanks to Nicole Di Caprio and students)

7/20/2011 - Costume Ideas: Take A Look at Roman Life - several good links as well

2/9/03 - The UK Observer - Crowe got it wrong: gladiators were the film stars of Rome

12/15/02 - The London Times. How gladiators really lived

Painting of Maximus the General by Betsy Mott

Thanks to Entertainment Weekly for choosing this site as one of the best
(March 9 2001 Issue)

Another great site on all things Rome - Nova Roma

Tomas Arana, who played Quintus, untrustworthy second in command to Maximus, has a great web site HERE

The Second Draft of the film script. Interesting to see how the final version changed.

Marcus Aurelius — (161-80 AD)

162-6 Parthian Wars of L. Verus
165-7- Plague spreads through the Roman Empire
168-75 German Wars of Marcus
Apuleius (Latin writer) and Galen (doctor) active
165 - Justin (Christian apologist) martyred
174-80- Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Commodus — (180-92 AD)

193- With the murder of Commodus four Emperors contend for power
193- Column of Marcus Aurelius completed

Tacitus was the historian of the times

Many of the pictures on this site were scanned by me from:
The Oxford History of the Classical World
The Picture History of Painting
Greek and Roman Sport
The Birth of Western Civiliazation

From Amazon: You can the pictorial companion to Gladiator HERE.

This is the official full-color companion book, featuring excerpts from the screenplay, historical sidebars and illustrations, details on period costumes and epic set designs, behind-the-scenes photographs from the location filming, and interviews with the screenwriters, actors, and director.

Click on the picture to vist my Crowe pages

Email me for comments and suggestions. Thanks.

Updated April 11, 2012