There are multiple types of Gladiators‚ with different fighting styles and armor. The first is the Andabatae. The Andabatae fought with a helmet that blinded him‚ mostly used for amusement‚ not really part of the gladiators contest. The helmet however did cause trouble for the gladiator. Unlike many gladiators the Andabatae only fought hapless animals instead of other men. Andabatae used a sword‚ the gladius‚ to defend himself‚ but did not use a shield. The men who were Andabatae were unbelievably
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Gladiator Julius Mitchell ENG 225 Prof. Jonathan Beller 13 March 2011 What would you do if you were engaged in a twelve year campaign; you have a wife and son who are waiting for you‚ but you are asked to be king and leader of your country? Would you refuse your king‚ and turn your back on your country‚ for the sake of two? Ridley Scott‚ director of Universal Pictures “Gladiator‚” brought to life‚ writer David Franzoni’s epic tale of Maximus‚ an inspiring and powerful Roman General
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Gladiator fights were a brutal‚ barbaric way of entertainment. These battles were fought man vs. man‚ man vs. beast and beast vs. beast. The fighters were trained in schools. Criminals and slaves were sent to these schools. At the schools the gladiators were trained on everything up to how to die correctly. The acts performed in the games were considered choreography. Because of this‚ when a gladiators opponent was left-handed it was considered a special event because they were only taught how to
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By currently taking this History & Philosophy of Sports class‚ this film “Gladiator” establishes the whole scenery during the time period of ancient Rome. In the film‚ it introduced Gladiator battles. These Gladiator battles reflected as entertainment to society‚ as well as‚ being a survival setting between life and death. Not only they would compete for survival‚ but they would compete to become the best. By this time‚ Commodus‚ is the new Roman emperor and he fears that Maximus could use his heroic
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In the book of Bertrand Russel‚ the problems of philosophy‚ he is questioning if there is a knowledge that we are really sure about. He is questioning if what we see is really the reality. He examples the table‚ if the shape‚ texture and color are really the true characteristics. We see different characteristics if we are on a different view. The color for example‚ if you see a table at a certain perspective it is color brown gets lighter or darker‚ so we assume that the true color of the table is
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teThe Texas Gladiators Apparel Store The Texas Gladiators won the Super Bowl last year. As a result‚ sportswear such as hats‚ sweatshirts‚ sweatpants‚ and jackets with the Gladiator’s logo are popular. The Gladiators operate an apparel store outside the football stadium. It is near a busy highway‚ so the store has heavy customer traffic throughout the year‚ not just on game days. In addition‚ the stadium has high school or college football and soccer games almost every week in the fall‚ and baseball
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Jeannie Hardy PHO 184B Professor Smith September 7‚ 2102 Chapter 1 Essay The film Gladiator is not only known for Russell Crowe’s Academy award winning performance‚ but it is also known for it’s camerawork and cinematography. This film has a considerable amount of blatant formalism‚ which director Ridley Scott uses to portray Maximus’ message. Camera angles are commonly used to distinguish power in a scene‚ most of the time by using low-angle or high-angle shot. These types of angels are
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Although composed centuries apart‚ both Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator explore the similar idea of ambition‚ through their villainous characters Macbeth and Commodus. Macbeth composed in 1606 for King James delineates a noble soldier’s character transformation from an ambitious individual to corrupted tyrant as supernatural Witches and Lady Macbeth ignite his desire for power. Similarly‚ Gladiator’s vicious antagonist is a malevolent personage‚ whose desire to be loved transforms
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has been greatly reduced; violence in T.V has greatly increased. We see a lot more blood‚ murders‚ and in greater detail. From 1960’s to the Early 2000’s‚ Movies have greatly changed in terms of violence. The first movie I choose to do was‚ “Gladiator”. It was released in the year 2000‚ and also won the Oscar for best picture. The director was Ridley Scott. The motion picture shows a lot of blood and people get slaughtered. In addition‚ the film has a lot of hand to hand combat with multiple types
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or actually cared about the citizens of Rome. The movie Gladiator portrays Roman life and the gladiatorial games. Really though‚ how does the movie compare to the history of the Roman Empire? I am really interested in the actual history of the gladiators and the movie is one of my favorites. That’s why I chose to do my review on it and I came to find out that the movie didn’t give me the information on the real life and times of the gladiators. In the movie‚ after the death of the emperor‚ Maximus
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