The famous painting which inspired the producer of the movie
Gladiator
missio aut mors?
(release or death?)
The movie Gladiator is available in video stores in VHS and
DVD format.
murmillo aut retiarius?
Regulus, senator Romanus, diem natalem celebrabat.
gladiatores arenam Pompeianam intraverunt.
Pompeii has the oldest excavated amphitheater.
It is older than the Colosseum in Rome.
The interior of the arena in Pompeii.
The gladiator training school in Pompeii
arena maxima erat amphitheatrum Flavianum (Colosseum
in Rome)
Roman
entertainment: Information about the Colosseum.
Read the philosopher Seneca's views on these games.
Gladiators:The
Origins of these Bloody Battles
This site has excellent illustrations.
Several gladiator helmets were found in Pompeii and are now in the Naples Archaeological Museum.
gladiator est bestiarius
