Rome of gladiators

Watch the film Gladiator (dir. Ridley Scott) with Russell Crowe.

Read https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2004/2004.07.40.

For full credit you need to refer to the article and to specific scenes!

Write 2-3 pages answering the following questions:

§ How do major characters such as Maximus, Commodus, and senator Gaius express the values of late imperial Rome?

§ Based on the movie, how would you describe society at the time the film takes place? How “civilized” is it compared to previous periods and regions? Consider men and women and elite and commoners.