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The movie Gladiator is an epic tale of a Roman general who is betrayed by the Roman

government who kills his family under the leadership by a corrupt Roman prince who is

turned king, the roman general comes back as a gladiator to seek revenge on the prince

turned king. The movie which was made in 2000 stars Russell Crowe as the Roman

general Maximus, Joaquin Phoenix as Comodus the prince turned king and Oliver Reed as

Proximo the generals kind servant along with a whole list of other characters. The main

plot of the story is Maximus, the most-trusted general serving the aging Caesar Marcus

Aurelius leading troops into battle against Germania in 180 A.D. But Marcus Aurelius

wants Maximus to fight a tougher opponent.. the corruption of Rome, by taking power

after the emperor's death and restoring Rome to a republic. Maximus is reluctant,

preferring to return to his wife and son, but he agrees to serve his Caesar. But his Caesar

doesn't last too long, thanks to Marcus Aurelius' son Commodus who kills his Dad and

takes the throne and orders Maximus and his family executed. Maximus escapes, only to

be captured by slave traders who train him as a gladiator. Maximus gets a chance at

revenge on Commodus when he goes to Rome

example social or financial classes are divided up. The ways that the movie relates to the

what could be more glorious than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena?"

the reason why this is one of my favorite lines is because the prince thinks that he is

Some of the content that is related to the material in our text books our basically the

Rome. The three main themes in my opinion are as follows: The king wanting to oppoint

we are studying in class is we are studding government systems and also the way different

king and kills the generals family. Another main theme about the movie is the Princess, the

for granted because when the prince was crowned as king in the movie he became very

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