Passing by the Colosseum or by other ancient Roman ruins always sparks the same dreams, and makes the same questions pop in our minds: “What was it like back then? Is it really true what they say...?” For those who don't have a very vivid imagination, but also for those who do, Virtuality, a high-te... |
7 November 2008
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A recent discovery of a Roman tomb that holds the remains of a former general who got to be a gladiator after being held in high regard by Rome's emperor proves that this may be the source of inspiration for Russel Crowe's character, Maximus Decimus Meridius, from Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" movie. The ... |
18 October 2008
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Greek theaters were carved in one side and open to nature on the other side. But the Roman theaters had a circular disposition: they were amphitheaters. The most impressive and famous is the Colosseum, built in 80 AD. In 2007, people around the world chose it as one of the new Seven Wonders of the World. The Colosseu... |
2 April 2008
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Colosseum: Road to Freedom (originally Gladiator: Road to Freedom in Japan) is a video game for the Sony PlayStation 2 console. It is a hybrid fighting/RPG game loosely based on the Roman Empire around the time of the Emperor Commodus. Colosseum: Road to Freedom has the player take on the role of a slave that must p... |
17 May 2007
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Ratchet: Deadlocked, known as Ratchet: Gladiator in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, is a platform/shooter video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony. It is the fourth game in the Ratchet & Clank series and is the sequel to Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal. It was released on October 25, 2005 i... |
9 May 2007
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If you enjoyed the 2000 movie "Gladiator", you should know that some of its facts were real. A "superstar" gladiator, like Maximus, the general-turned-fighter character of Russell Crowe, has been found on a newly discovered mosaic at the residence of the infamous Emperor Commodus, played in the movie by Joaquin Phoe... |
8 May 2007
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Romans considered themselves civilized, seeing the others - with the exception of the Greeks - as barbarians. But between 264 BC and 404 AD, the Roman society enjoyed some of the cruelest and inhuman games: the gladiator fights, a sport in which thousands of people were slaughtered in the Roman arenas for the delight... |
4 May 2007
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It all started in 264 BC at the obsequies of Junius Brutus when, in the honor of his memory, three pairs of gladiators fought. Just three! 50 years later, Aemilius Lepidus threw in the arena 22 pairs of gladiators. In 106 AD, celebrating his victory over the Dacians in an atmosphere of total lush, emperor Trajan offe... |
21 April 2007
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