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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. [a] Crowe portrays the Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius, who is ...
A retiarius stabs at a secutor with his trident in this mosaic from the villa at Nennig, c. 2nd–3rd century CE.. A retiarius (plural retiarii; literally, "net-man" in Latin) was a Roman gladiator who fought with equipment styled on that of a fisherman: a weighted net (rete (3rd decl.), hence the name), a three-pointed trident (fuscina or tridens), and a dagger ().
List of Roman gladiator types. 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; Gauls, Samnites, and Thraeces ...
For Denzel Washington, stepping into the shoes of his latest character was easy. Of course, considering he plays the gladiator trader and arms dealer Macrinus in Ridley Scott’sGladiator II (in ...
The first film — which followed former Roman general turned gladiator Maximus as he seeks vengeance against the corrupt emperor who slaughtered his family and sent him into slavery — was a ...
Macrinus' life inspired Russell Crowe's character Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 feature film Gladiator. [8] Marcus Nonius Macrinus and the fictitious Maximus Decimus Meridius are placed within the same time period. Further, both Marcus and the fictitious Maximus are liked and well known by Marcus Aurelius.
Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture is the original soundtrack album of the 2000 film Gladiator. The soundtrack was composed by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard, and was released on April 25, 2000. It was conducted by Gavin Greenaway and performed by the Lyndhurst Orchestra. The album won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.
Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is a New Zealand-born actor. He was born in Wellington, spending 10 years of his childhood in Australia and residing there permanently by age 21. [1][2] His work on screen has earned him various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a British Academy Film Award.