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Gladiator

Name: Gladiator
Genre: Fiction
Released: 2000-05-04
Duration: 155 min
Rating: 8.5

2000155 minENIMDb 8.5/10 · 1.9M votes

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.

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REPRESENTED HISTORY

178 → 180

Primary placement confidence: high. Importance on the World History timeline: 5/5.

Historical relation: Period Setting
Historical accuracy: 2/5
Periods: 1
Events: 0
People: 2
Places: 1

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Ancient RomeFrom the Punic Wars and Republic to emperors, frontiers and late antiquity.→

Historical periods1

Roman EmpirePrimary · Historical Era

Roman imperial polity and its institutions from the rule of Augustus onward; the conventional end date of 476 CE concerns Western imperial rule, while the Eastern Roman Empire continued beyond that date.

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People2

CommodusMajor Character · Historical

Roman Emperor (r. 180–192 CE).

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Marcus AureliusMajor Character · Historical

Roman Emperor (r. 161–180 CE).

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Places1

RomePrimary Setting · City

Capital of the Roman Empire.

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