Colosseum (2022) [History Channel mini-series] – The Gladiatrix (Episode #4)

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  • August 10, 2022 at 12:17 pm #153967
    AlexG
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    The title about sayz it all,
    “The Gladiatrix (Episode #4)
    coveres Mevia, the 1st female roman free-born citizen to be trained as a gladiatrix for the Colosseum.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihxwn8vKhuQ

    Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15113266/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6G4c1PJkRI

    “I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
    ~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)

    August 14, 2022 at 3:08 am #153998
    unkn0wnx
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    I liked it, but the emperor made a wrong sign. It should be pointed down as opposed to up (put down your weapon).

    August 15, 2022 at 4:32 am #154015
    AlexG
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    unkn0wnx wrote:

    I liked it, but the emperor made a wrong sign. It should be pointed down as opposed to up (put down your weapon).

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    Yeah, I know –
    in the Roman era, thumbs down (stick the sword in the sand and standdown, show mercy) was life,
    thumbs up (stick the sword in and kill ’em) was death.

    However, the reverse of that is firmly cemented in the popular cultural mindset, the misconception of which
    was started by the romantics of the Victorian Age in art and literary works – the novel Ben Hur is a good example.

    “I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
    ~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)

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