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Topic: Gladiator (disambiguation)


  
  Gladiator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gladiators (Latin gladiatores, 'swordsmen') were professional fighters in ancient Rome who fought against each other, wild animals, and slaves, sometimes to the death, for the entertainment of spectators.
A trainer of gladiators or the manager of a team of gladiators was known as a lanista.
Gladiators who managed to win their freedom - often by request of the audience or sponsor - were given a rudis, a symbolic wooden sword, as a memento.
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 Home - Lanista   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
gladiator, is a well known history painter's researched conception of a gladiatorial combat.]] Gladiators (Latin gladiatores) were professional fighters in ancient Rome who fought against each other, wild animals, and slaves, sometimes to the death, for the entertainment of spectators.
One of the most famous gladiators was Spartacus who became the leader of a group of escaped gladiators and slaves.
gladiator The gladius was crafted from soft iron and the exterior was carburized using coal dust on the face of the anvil.
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 Gladiator Definition / Gladiator Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Gladiators (Latin gladiatores) were professional fighters in ancient Rome who fought against each other and against wild animals, sometimes to the death, for the entertainment of spectators.
Gladiator is the kind of movie upon which Hollywood once built its reputation but rarely produces anymore: the spectacle.
Gladiator is a lifestyle pickup with all of the rugged functionality of the famed Jeep Wrangler.
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 Gladiator movies released in 2000s   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Gladiators who managed to win their freedom - often by request of the audience or sponsor - were given a wooden sword as a memento.
Gladiator fights were first outlawed by Constantine I of the Roman EmpireConstantine I in 325 but continued sporadically until about 450.
However, the competitors on ''American Gladiators'' never directly attacked each other, and the WWE fights have been criticized as staged due to the rare occurrence of severe physical injuries (indeed, the WWE admitted as much in certain lawsuits it was a party to).
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Gladiator fights were first outlawed by Constantine I in 325 but continued sporadically until about 450.
The last known gladiator competition in the city of Rome occurred on January 1, 404.
The attitude of Romans towards the gladiators was ambivalent: on the one hand they were considered as lower than slaves, but on the other hand some successful gladiators rose to celebrity status.
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 Spartacus Palaver @ ChannelsAndNetworks.com (Channels and Networks)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Spartacus, who was believed to be a Thracian (born in what is now Sandanski in present-day Bulgaria), was enslaved by the Romans and led a large slave uprising in modern-day Italy during the period 73 BC to 71 BC.
His army of escaped gladiators and slaves defeated many Roman legions in several engagements.
This conflict is known as the Third Servile War or the Gladiator War and is one of the three slave rebellions of ancient Rome.
www.channelsandnetworks.com /encyclopedia/Spartacus   (1697 words)

  
 Gladiator (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gladiator (novel), a 1930 novel by Philip Wylie
Gladiator (Daredevil character), a former foe of Marvel Comics' Daredevil
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gladiator_(disambiguation)   (143 words)

  
 Articles - Spartacus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This conflict is known as the Third Servile War, one of the three slave rebellions of ancient Rome.
Many different sources claim that Spartacus was a Thracian, enslaved either when captured fighting ´´against´´ Rome, or when captured after being outlawed for mutinying or deserting from the Roman auxiliary forces serving in Macedonia.
In 73 BC, Spartacus and over seventy followers revolted, including the gladiator Jaunus Maximi who had inspired Spartacus but later died in a battle against Pompey and Crassus, seized the knives in the cook´s shop and a wagon full of weapons, and fled to the caldera of Mount Vesuvius, near Naples.
www.worldhammock.com /articles/Spartacus   (1518 words)

  
 Gladiators   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Gladiators were typically picked from prisoners of war, slaves, and sentenced...
Gladiators were owned by a person called a lanista and were trained...
The Gladiators were professional fighters who fought until death in the amphitheaters of Ancient Rome...
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 Aspect ratio (image) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Original Aspect Ratio (OAR) is a home cinema term for the aspect ratio or dimensions in which a film or visual production was produced—as envisioned by the people involved in the creation of the work.
As an example, the film Gladiator was released to theaters in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio.
It was filmed in Super 35 mm film and, in addition to being presented in cinemas and television in the original aspect ratio of 2.39:1, it was also broadcast without the matte its original aspect ratio release had.
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 Robert Walker - One Language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Robert Walker (June 18, 1888-March 4, 1954) is a screen actor, most famous for his role in The Drug Traffic.
Robert Smith "Bob" Walker was a member of the US Congress from Pennsylvania.
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
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 Horse Arena Footing -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
It is composed of a large open space surrounded on all sides by raised, usually tiered, seats or benches for spectators.
The Latin word "arena" means sand, which was required as the primary surface when gladiators battled wild animals, to absorb all the blood.
it chronicles the adventures of Eugeni, a Roman gladiator from the age of Domitian, who, due to a highly unlikely series of events, is frozen in ice for nineteen centuries before being found by the Houghton Oil Company on a prospecting mission in the north Atlantic.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/75/horse-arena-footing.html   (1132 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Gladiator   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
, is a well known history painter's researched conception of a gladiatorial combat.]] Gladiators (Latin gladiatores, 'swordsmen') were professional fighters in ancient Rome who fought against each other, wild animals, and slaves, sometimes to the death, for the entertainment of spectators.
, Turkey.]] Female gladiators also existed; The Emperor Domitian liked to stage torchlit fights between dwarfs and women, according to Suetonius in "The Twelve Caesars".
Category:Ancient Rome Category:Defunct occupations Category:Sports occupations Category:Roman slaves and freedmen Category:Gladiatorial combat
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 Side - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Most of the present-day ruins found in Side date from this period of prosperity.
Wealthy merchants, such as Modesta—albeit a wealthy yet historically unknown figure--paid for such tributes as public works, monuments, and competitions as well as the games and gladiator fights.
Side began to steady decline in urbanity from about the forth-century A.D. Even defensive walls could not stop successive invasions from highlanders from the Taurus Mountains.
www.airandspace.org /encyclopedia/Side   (990 words)

  
 Spartacus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Spartacus, who is believed to be the Thracian (born in what is now Sandanski in present-day Bulgaria), is enslaved by an Romans with led the large slave uprising in modern-day Italy during an period 73 BC to 71 BC.
This conflict is known for an Third Servile War or an Gladiator War with is one of an three slave rebellions of ancient Rome.
While an Roman army is indeed campaigning in Thrace with Macedonia at an age Spartacus is likely to have been enslaved, Roman gladiators at that time were always one of two types: Gauls with Thracians.
www.megastuff.info /Spartacus.html   (1561 words)

  
 Gladiator (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gladiator is the name of two characters in the Marvel Comics universe.
For the Imperial Guard member, see Gladiator (Shi'ar)
For the Daredevil supervillain, see Gladiator (Daredevil character).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gladiator_(comics)   (101 words)

  
 Share and Discover The Gladiators Bio, Pictures, News at BlinkBits.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
It's Demetrius and the Gladiators, a movie that could be re-written for any randomly chosen god in about 10 minutes.
In this fascinating series, we examine ancient inventions once believed to have been created in modern times, and test the wits of ancient inventors against some of the world's great modern inventors.
Part 2 uncovers the revolutionary work of Galen, the great Roman doctor to the gladiators, who was performing brain surgery 2,000 years ahead of his time.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/the_gladiators   (537 words)

  
 WIKIPEDIA:LINKS TO (DISAMBIGUATION) PAGES : Encyclopedia Entry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This is a list of disambiguation pages or redirects with "(disambiguation)" in the title.
Links to these pages don't need disambiguation, as they are done exceptionally and on purpose.
A supplementary page, List of TLA disambiguation pages contains a growing manually produced list of three letter abbreviations that exist in the format
bibleproupdate2.com /Definitions/Wikipedia:Links_to_(disambiguation)_pages   (100 words)

  
 Gladiator - Risultati da Comundo
Gladiator - You are a slave chosen to fight in the Roman Colosseum.
Gladiator 2 - You are a slave chosen to fight in the Roman Colosseum.
As a true gladiator, you should go in the sands of the Roman Colosseum and fight fearsome gladiators.
www.comundo.it /info/gladiator   (398 words)

  
 Megatron - Multiversal Omnipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
After his Cobra upgrade, his alternate form was a tank, and his primary weapon was the Hyper-Velocity Rail Gun developed by Dr.
Millions of years in Cybertron's past Megatron was a popular gladiator.
But nine million years ago he secretly used the gladatorial games to weed out the weak from the strong and gather his followers, telling them that the High Council was engaged in a great deception to prevent them from knowing the truth of their origins and their true destiny.
moa.dracandros.com /Megatron   (1635 words)

  
 Gladiator - OneLook Dictionary Search
Gladiator : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
Gladiator : Encarta® Online Encyclopedia, North American Edition [home, info]
Phrases that include Gladiator: female gladiator, gladiator championship wrestling, gladiator fight, gladiator nightstick collection, gladiator school, more...
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 Electronic Darwinism: Everybody's a Movie Critic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The actor has revealed he was approached by the FBI in 2001 and warned that he was the target of a bizarre al-Qaeda plot to kidnap him at that year’s Golden Globe awards, under terrorist leader Osama bin Laden’s alleged plans for "cultural destabilisation".
I know that Gladiator took liberties with historical accuracy (Commodus reigned for twelve years, and don't get me started on the gladitorial combat) but lighten up, guys.
On the other hand, that could be an improvement...
moodyloner.blogspot.com /2005/03/everybodys-movie-critic.html   (132 words)

  
 Gladiator   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Phoenix will surely be put on the map with Gladiator.
Gladiator (2000) - Two Disc Set, Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, David Schofield, John Shrapnel, Tomas Arana, Sony Pictures Home Ent.
Ridley Scott's glossy historical epic Gladiator revitalised the classic sword 'n' sandal genre, bringing both a...
www.iloveshoes.net /gladiator   (351 words)

  
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At the age he was likely to have been enslaved, the Roman army was campaigning in Thrace and Macedonia.
His numbers were swelled by other runaway slaves until it eventually grew into an army allegedly composed of 90,000 escaped slaves.
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 Amazon -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Dahomey Amazons, an all-female regiment of the African kingdom of Dahomey
Amazon or Amazonia, the nom de guerre of a female gladiator
Sharron Davies, who went under the name Amazon in the British TV series Gladiators.
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