Quotes About Gladiator

There are strict rules in these matters, I find.' 'There were strict rules in the arena, too. Every gladiator had to have a sword, oh yes; but if it was Caligula he was to fight with, the sword was made of lead.

The most callous of her guests admired her as young Rome applauded some gladiator who could die smiling.

Hail Caesar those who are about to die salute thee.

One day we're going to watch people fight to the death, like Roman times. Instead of being in a coliseum, we're going to watch it on TV.

Ancient Rome was a violent place.

Posthumous: It sounds like the name of a Roman gladiator, an unconquered gladiator. At least that's what poor Posthumous would like to believe. It gives him courage.

In the late 2nd century A.D., a senatorial decree allowed for the granting of a bonus of five hundred sestertii to a victorious gladiator if he was a free man, and of four hundred if he was a slave (Select Latin Inscriptions 5163.29ff.), the amount that a schoolteacher might make in a year (Juvenal Satires 7.242).

I loved 'Gladiator' when I was young. Russell Crowe was a big inspiration the fact that he plays my father in 'Noah' was amazing.

He didn't lead anyone on, or make any promises. Instead he conveyed a sense of calm and equanimity, like a man who had banished from his life all superfluous sentiment, all longings and all patience for the nonessential. He was like Yoda, Buddha and the Gladiator all rolled into one.

It has been said that out of every one hundred good men, ten can fight; and out of those, one is a warrior. It's what warriors do. It's not something you can teach. It comes naturally to only a few. Like the gladiators of old, only the ones with the right reflexes and instincts survive to fight another day.