Gladiator
“GLADIATOR”The Gladiator shows a graphic description of how gladiators fought until death in the Coliseum. ... Maximus finds himself fighting for his life in the vicious gladiator arenas, where he uses his fame to spark unrest among the grief stricken Roman citizens. ... The Gladiator shows the realistic ways of how gladiators were brought to fight in the arena, working up the ladder to fame and hopefully release. ... But not until the reign of Commodus (180-192 AD) did Roman citizens witness wholesale slaughter by a Caesar himself, dressed as a gladiator and acting like a madman. ... Near the end of his disastrous rule, the Emperor Commodus was in the arena, a "gladiator," dressed as Hercules Venator. ... All in all, “The Gladiator” was pretty much accurate about the coliseum fights and the gory stories within them.