Joseph Quinn
On May 29th, Beijing time, according to foreign media reports, Joseph Quinn ("Strange Tales") talked about joining the sequel to the classic historical drama Gladiator 2 directed by ridley scott to play the Roman emperor caracalla, and Connie Nielsen, the former star, will return to play lucila.
Paul Mesca plays Lucius, the son of Lucilla and Maximus, Barry Keohane plays Hertha, the Roman emperor, and Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. also plays.
Written by David Scappa (Money World and Napoleon) who has worked with Scott many times, the story still focuses on the cruel world of ancient Rome, which was released in North America on November 22, 2024.
Gladiator was released in 2000, directed by ridley scott and written by David Fransoni. Starring russell crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver reid, Derek Jacoby, Djimon Hounsou, Richard Harris and others. The plot tells the story that Commodus, the son of Marcus Aurelius, the last monarch of the five sages of the Roman Empire, seized the throne, while Maximus, the general, was framed by him and turned into a gladiator, and finally got revenge.
This film was nominated for the 12th Academy Award, and finally won five awards, including Best Film Award, Best Actor Award, Best Costume Design Award, Best Visual Effect Award and Best Sound Effect Award.
During the period of "Five Sages" in Roman Empire, the general Maximus made great achievements in the battle of conquering Germanic, which was valued and loved by the old emperor Marcus Aurelius. Aurelius decided to hand over the authority behind him to Maximus and then return to the Senate. Unexpectedly, when the ambitious prince Commodus learned about it, he killed his father and usurped the throne, and ordered that Maximus, who refused to be loyal to himself, be destroyed.
Maximus escaped Commodus, but all his family members were killed. He became a slave and was sent to the arena several times to become a gladiator for entertainment. Maximus gradually emerged with his heroic spirit and superb martial arts, and finally advanced to the Colosseum in Rome. He calmly commanded the weak to defeat the strong in the first battle of the Colosseum and got the opportunity to fight in front of the emperor. When Commodus saw that Maximus was not dead, he was horrified. He repeatedly arranged to get rid of him in the arena, but he never succeeded. On the contrary, Maximus became a force to be reckoned with.
At this time, Commodus’s brutal rule aroused widespread fear and dissatisfaction in the upper echelons of the empire. Commodus’s sister Lucilla plotted subversion with several elders, approached Maximus and reached an agreement to rescue him from the city and launch a mutiny. When Commodus heard the news, he threatened his nephew’s life, forced his sister to give up all the plans, and then ordered the guards to attack the gladiator hall at night, and Maximus was arrested.
Commodus, a traitor, wants to kill Maximus himself in the arena to regain his prestige. Maximus, who was assassinated first, fought bravely and eventually died with his enemy Commodus.
Gladiator refers to a fighter in the arena of ancient Rome. Its name comes from the sword used by the Roman legion. It is a special slave in the slave society of ancient Rome, usually a prisoner of war or other slaves who made mistakes. Their duty is to fight to the death in the arena and provide entertainment for people.
Although the ancient Romans loved gladiator sports, in fact, similar activities existed long before ancient Rome. The book of Daniel in the Old Testament mentions that Daniel was thrown into the lion’s den because he disobeyed Nebuchadnezzar’s orders and worshipped his own god instead of him. This habit of throwing prisoners into the lion pit is quite similar to the gladiator movement in ancient Rome.
The participants in the gladiator movement are not all gladiators. Many emperors in the Five Emperors era, including Hadrian, known as the "brave emperor", also participated in the simulated gladiator movement in the arena. In addition, Titus Flavius Domitianus was the first emperor to bring women and dwarfs into the arena. Similarly, people who become gladiators are not all slaves. A large proportion of Roman citizens will join voluntarily for fame or wealth, and there are also many professional soldiers who have served in the legion.
Spartacus, the most famous slave uprising in Roman history, was led by a gladiator. This rebellion indirectly led the Roman Empire to start legislation to improve the lives and rights of slaves. Before the formal abolition of slavery, the Roman Empire was the slave country with the most power in history.
In a sense, the existence of the arena also prompted the once brilliant ancient Roman Empire to quickly fall. The huge demand for gladiators is not a small human consumption for a slave country like the Roman Empire. This became a huge burden in the late imperial period. In addition to coping with the rising military expenditure, the imperial government must also maintain free competitive performances held by the state.
Finally, the prosperity of the gladiator movement ended with the fall of the Western Roman Empire, and the Eastern Roman Empire was keen on horse racing and other sports.
Gladiators should receive professional training according to their own characteristics and play various enemies of the Roman Empire. Therefore, the high training cost made the slave owners unwilling to be killed as slaves.
Therefore, according to the training results, gladiators will be shaped with different tactics and equipment, such as playing the net fighter with trident and fishing net as weapons, playing the Samnites, the old rivals of the Romans with heavy equipment, and the Thracians in the later period. Gladiators must undergo strict training in special schools before they can go to the arena to fight. There are several forms of fighting, one-on-one fighting, ten-to-ten fighting, and collective fighting with wild animals. They ended up living or dying, or they were released because of their outstanding performance to win. Their fate is very tragic.
(Meng Qing)
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