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I saw it on TV a few nights ago, Is that a true story?I couldn't figure out any names, except maximus.
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Nope, it's nearly entirely fiction.
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Some of the gladiator stuff is somewhat accurate, but I doubt they had chariots in the colloseum, and why did one guy have a corinthian helmet. My dad said the colloseum was accurate. But for some reason, It reminded me of the rookie. I only saw the pg-13 version because it was on TV.
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They did have chariots from time to time, but most likely not that type...more likely the British "Celtic" type. That's what the Essedarii were: charioteers.
There were occasions when there were larger spectacles in the big arenas, mock battles between different armies, even navies sometimes. But mostly, the bouts were one vs. one.
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I heard, in the making of the movie, that when Marcus Aerilius died and Commodus became Emperor that a general in the north did run for his life.
The coliseum was accurate except for the colomons with in the arena.
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Those weren't columns, they were metae. Three metae marked the end of the spina in a circus and the chariots turned around them. I don't know how they walked across town and parked themselves in the colosseum. Watch Ben-Hur to see metae in their natural environment.
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