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Pollice Verso (from Latin: with a turned thumb) is an 1872 painting by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme, featuring the eponymous Roman gesture directed to the winning gladiator. The thumbs-down gesture in the painting is given by spectators at the Colosseum , including the Vestals , to the victorious murmillo , while the defeated retiarius ...
The Gladiator Mosaic is a famous set of 5 large mosaics of gladiators and venators and two smaller ones. The mosaics are dated to the first half of the 4th century [ 1 ] and are now installed in the Salone of the Galleria Borghese in Rome. [ 2 ]
In many ways, The Gladiator embodied these Enlightenment ideas. The use of the model of the Borghese Gladiator made the painting a sort of "modern genre image." Models of the Borghese Gladiator, such as the one in the image, were common items that were available for sale and display in the households of the professional upper class. [7]
Production designer Arthur Max attends the “Gladiator II” Los Angeles Premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Nov. 18, 2024, in Hollywood, Calif. Getty Images for Paramount Pictures
New research is revealing the remarkable story of one of Britain’s most enigmatic archaeological finds - a Roman gladiator helmet, discovered buried in a field in East Anglia.. The artefact ...
The film has been steadily generating interest since its first look dropped on 9 July. After footage from the film was aired at CinemaCon in April, Variety reported that the trailer showed Mescal ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 February 2025. A retiarius ("net fighter") with a trident and cast net, fighting a secutor (79 AD mosaic). There were many different types of gladiators in ancient Rome. Some of the first gladiators had been prisoners-of-war, and so some of the earliest types of gladiators were experienced fighters ...
Gladiator 2 popcorn bucket details. A special popcorn tub and cup are coming for the movie, as revealed by Fandango. While prices and release dates are still under wraps, the limited-edition items ...