Russell Crowe

In Gladiator

Russell Crowe in Gladiator

Russell Crowe in Gladiator the movie was inspired casting. Russell Crowe in Gladiator played the part of Maximus Decimus Meridius and was praised for "Crowe's steely, soulful performance". Russell Crowe was consumed by his role and the movie, which was directed by Ridley Scott, and contributed to the screenplay on many occasions. Russell Crowe received the coveted Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in the 73rd Academy Awards.

The Gladiator Maximus

There are considerable facts and information about the Gladiator Maximus in the Summary of Gladiator the Movie. The movie depicts the gladiator Maximus fighting as types of gladiators called Provocateurs would have fought. Provocatores were recognisable by their armor and weapons and were the only types of gladiator to have effective protection for the upper body in the form of a rectangular breastplate. The most famous quote from the movie is by Russell Crowe as Maximus when he confronts Commodus, "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next." 

Cast Of Gladiator Maximus -Russell Crowe Commodus-Joaquin Phoenix Lucilla-Connie Nielsen Proximo-Oliver Reed Marcus Aurelius-Richard Harris Gracchus-Derek Jacobi Juba-Djimon HounsouFalco-David Schofield Gaius-John Shrapnel Quintus-Tomas Arana

gladiators

gladiators [Lat.,=swordsmen], in ancient Rome, class of professional fighters, who performed for exhibition. Gladiatorial combats usually took place in amphitheaters. They probably were introduced from Etruria and originally were funeral games. Gladitorial combats, which took place in the Coliseum and in hundreds of other ampitheaters throughout the Roman world, reached their height in the 1st and 2d cent. AD

The gladiators were paired off to fight each other, usually to the number of about 100 couples, although in the imperial shows there were sometimes as many as 5,000 pairs. There were various types of gladiators, armed and armored differently. Thus a heavily armored man, a Mirmillo or Samnite, might be opposed to a Retiarius, who fought almost naked, with a net and a trident as his only weapons. He also might be pitted against a Thracian, who fought with a dagger and a small

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