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Re: Gladiator
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Fri, 19 May 2000 15:48:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Erik Olson writes:
> MAKE BELIEVE.
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> Just a little sample: Marcus Aurelius made Commodus "Caesar" or co-emperor • about
> 3 years before he died. It is written that he showed very bad judgment in • this.
> Maximus is fictional. Commodus enjoyed 13 years as Emperor after the death of
> his father, during which he became obsessed with fighting as a gladiator. He • was
> murdered by his own staff--a fate also suffered by his successor, Pertinax, • who
> had a very short reign (short like Commodus' in the movie.) Lucilla had 2 of 4
> children grow to adulthood though their fates are unknown (I guess murdered to
> put them out of the way.)
But he did rate pretty high on the loonie scale. I think it was said that he
was the only emperor to have absolutely no redeeming value (though what
redeeming values Caligula or Nero had, I'm not aware of). And of course,
restoring the Republic was so much nonsense.
> I crave the big Roman epic movies (Spartacus, Masada, etc.) and this was a • real
> treat. (As an aside, those other epics are just as fictional.) This is a great
> time to be an Ancients buff!
I was rooting for the Romans in Masada. :-)
Ave, Imperator, morituri te salutant!
Bruce
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| (...) This was an excellent movie--as a movie. All the technology of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Letdown" at the service of a fresh story! Just keep in mind it was TOTAL FICTION. I'm going to see it a few more times (two is not enough) and maybe I (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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