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Gladiators as heroes? Not to everyone in ancient Rome. A classics professor explores how the two “Gladiator” films misrepresent the way Roman gladiators and their bodies were viewed by their republic-minded Romans. theconversation.com/to-some-an…
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To some ancient Romans, gladiators were the embodiment of tyranny
Politicians like Cicero saw gladiators as vain and self-indulgent, while the true warriors engaged in wars of words.The Conversation
