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  2. Gladiatrix - Wikipedia

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    The Romans of the Classical period had no specific word for female gladiators as a type or class. [1] The earliest reference to a woman gladiator as gladiatrix is by a scholiast in the 4th–5th century, who mockingly wonders whether a woman undergoing training for a performance at the ludi for the Floralia, a festival known for racy performances by seminude dancers, wants to be a gladiatrix ...

  3. Gladiator - Wikipedia

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    Romans seem to have found the idea of a female gladiator novel and entertaining, or downright absurd; Juvenal titillates his readers with a woman named "Mevia", hunting boars in the arena "with spear in hand and breasts exposed", [73] and Petronius mocks the pretensions of a rich, low-class citizen, whose munus includes a woman fighting from a ...

  4. List of Roman gladiator types - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 January 2025. A retiarius ("net fighter") with a trident and cast net, fighting a secutor (79 AD mosaic). There were many different types of gladiators in ancient Rome. Some of the first gladiators had been prisoners-of-war, and so some of the earliest types of gladiators were experienced fighters ...

  5. More than two decades after Gladiator hit theaters, the sequel is making its highly-anticipated debut. Ridley Scott’s 2000 historical epic follows Roman general Maximus (Russell Crowe) who is ...

  6. Gladiator (2000 film) - Wikipedia

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    Gladiator is a 2000 historical epic film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson from a story by Franzoni. It stars Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, and Richard Harris.

  7. Gladiator II - Wikipedia

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    Gladiator II (stylized on-screen as GLADIIATOR [7] [8]) 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.

  8. Maevia gens - Wikipedia

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    The gens Maevia, occasionally written Mevia, was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are known from the later Republic , although the family may possibly have been much older, and well into Imperial times .

  9. List of accolades received by Gladiator - Wikipedia

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    Award Category Recipients Result Academy Awards [1]: Best Picture: David Franzoni, Branko Lustig and Douglas Wick: Won Best Director: Ridley Scott: Nominated Best Actor: Russell Crowe ...