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Gladiators UK (Legends Special)
A gladiator was an armed combatant entertainer in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire. Gladiator(s) or The Gladiator(s) may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Gladiator (Kallark), in Marvel Comics * Gladiator (Melvin Potter), in Marvel Comics Film * ''Gladiator'' (2000 film), an epic historical drama ** ''Gladiator'' (2000 soundtrack) * ''Gladiator'' (1992 film), a boxing drama film ** ''Gladiator'' (1992 soundtrack) * ''The Gladiator'' (1938 film), an adaptation of the Philip Wylie novel * ''The Gladiator'' (1986 film), an American TV movie * ''The Gladiators'' (film), a 1969 Swedish drama/science fiction film Television * ''Gladiators'' (franchise), a sports entertainment television show ** ''American Gladiators'' (1989 TV series) ** ''American Gladiators'' (2008 TV series) **''Gladiators 2000'', a children's adaptation ** ''Gladiators'' (1992 British TV series) ** ''Gladiators'' (2008 British TV series) ** ''Gladiators'' (1995 Australian TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladiator
A gladiator ( la, gladiator, "swordsman", from , "sword") was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their lives and their legal and social standing by appearing in the arena. Most were despised as slaves, schooled under harsh conditions, socially marginalized, and segregated even in death. Irrespective of their origin, gladiators offered spectators an example of Rome's martial ethics and, in fighting or dying well, they could inspire admiration and popular acclaim. They were celebrated in high and low art, and their value as entertainers was commemorated in precious and commonplace objects throughout the Roman world. The origin of gladiatorial combat is open to debate. There is evidence of it in funeral rites during the Punic Wars of the 3rd century BC, and thereafter it rapidly became an essential fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladiators (2008 Australian TV Series)
''Gladiators'' was an Australian television series which aired on the Seven Network in 2008. It was a revival of the earlier series of the same name, and was based on the American version of the show, which was also revived in 2008. The show was filmed at The Dome at the Sydney Showground, and was hosted by Tom Williams and Zoe Naylor. Well known NRL referee Bill Harrigan was one of the two referees for the show, the other was John Forsythe, who was a referee on the original series. Although not credited, the Sydney Altitude Cheerleaders were present in every episode, doing various routines throughout each episode whether an event was taking place or not. Behind the scenes, highly respected military fitness expert 'Chief' Brabon (head strength & conditioning coach) was responsible for preparing the gladiators for their extremely physical roles. The revival of ''Gladiators'' was first announced on 9 September 2007, and premiered on 30 March 2008 at 6:30 pm. The Challengers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Whyte-Melville
George John Whyte-Melville (19 June 1821 – 5 December 1878) was a Scottish novelist much concerned with field sports, and also a poet. He took a break in the mid-1850s to serve as an officer of Turkish irregular cavalry in the Crimean War. Life and work Major George John Whyte-Melville was born in 1821, at Mount Melville near St Andrews, Scotland, as a son of Major John Whyte-Melville and Lady Catherine Anne Sarah Osborne and a grandson on his mother's side of the 5th Duke of Leeds. His father was a well-known sportsman and Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. George was tutored privately at home by the young Robert Lee, then educated at Eton, before entering the army with a commission in the 93rd Highlanders in 1839. He exchanged into the Coldstream Guards in 1846, and retired with the rank of captain in 1849. Whyte-Melville married the Hon. Charlotte Hanbury-Bateman in 1847, and they had one daughter, Florence Elizabeth, who went on to marry Clotwor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gladiators (novel)
''The Gladiators'' (1939) is the first novel by the author Arthur Koestler; it portrays the effects of the Spartacus revolt in the Roman Republic. Published in 1939, it was later reprinted in other editions. Introduction The book is the first of a trilogy, including ''Darkness at Noon'' (1940), and ''Arrival and Departure'' (1943), which address idealism going wrong. This is a common theme in Koestler's work and life. Koestler uses his portrayal of the original slave revolt to examine the experience of the 20th-century political left in Europe following the rise of a Communist government in the Soviet Union. He published it on the brink of World War II. Originally written in German, the novel was translated into English for other audiences and was published in 1939. In the UK it was translated by the German-born, British writer and artist Edith Simon. The manuscript of the German version, for which no publisher had been found, was lost during Koestler's flight at the Fall of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gladiator (Turtledove Novel)
''The Gladiator'' is a novel for young adults by American writer Harry Turtledove, published in 2007. Part of the loose Crosstime Traffic family of books, it is set in a world in an alternate history in which the Soviet Union has won the Cold War. It tied with Jo Walton's '' Ha'penny'' for the 2008 Prometheus Award. Plot summary ''The Gladiator'' follows the same concept as the other ''Crosstime Traffic'' novels. A parallel world similar in most respects to our own has discovered the technology to visit and trade with other parallels, spreading the notions of liberty and capitalism at the same time. The plot of ''The Gladiator'' follows the same formula of the other books in the series with an imperiled company operative and local protagonists being used as guides to the parallel. In ''The Gladiator'', it is indeed the capitalist West that has been consigned to the "dustbin of history" and the world has been remade in the image of the Soviet Union. The point of divergence from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gladiator (Scarrow Novel)
''The Gladiator'' is a 2009 novel () by Simon Scarrow and the ninth book in the Eagle series ''Eagles of the Empire'' is a series of historical War novel, military fiction novels written by Simon Scarrow. The series began in July 2000 with the publication of ''Under the Eagle'', and as of March 2022 there have been 20 novels released in ..., where we see the return of Macro and Cato, this time up against a ruthless gladiator in the Island of Crete after their ship is damaged by a tidal wave on their way to Rome 2009 British novels Eagles of the Empire Novels set in ancient Greece Gladiatorial combat in fiction {{AncientGreece-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladiator (novel Series)
''Gladiator'' is a series of historical fiction novels for young adults by Simon Scarrow set in ancient Rome in the years before the fall of the Roman Republic The Roman Republic ( la, Res publica Romana ) was a form of government of Rome and the era of the classical Roman civilization when it was run through public representation of the Roman people. Beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kin .... The books tell the story of Marcus Cornelius Primus, a young gladiator and street fighter caught up in the dramatic events unfolding as Rome descends into civil war and chaos. Titles in series *'' Gladiator: Fight for Freedom'' *'' Gladiator: Street Fighter'' *'' Gladiator: Son of Spartacus'' *'' Gladiator: Vengeance'' Novels by Simon Scarrow Historical novels by series Novels set in ancient Rome {{2010s-AncientRome-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladiator (novel)
''Gladiator'' is a science fiction novel by American author Philip Wylie, first published in 1930. The story concerns a scientist who invents an "alkaline free-radical" serum to "improve" humankind by granting the proportionate strength of an ant and the leaping ability of the grasshopper. The scientist injects his pregnant wife with the serum and his son Hugo Danner is born with superhuman strength, speed, and bulletproof skin. Hugo spends much of the novel hiding his powers, rarely getting a chance to openly use them. The novel is widely assumed to have been an inspiration for Superman due to similarities between Danner and the earliest versions of Superman who debuted in 1938, though no confirmation exists that Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were directly influenced by Wylie's work. Publication history The hardcover novel was first published by New York City, New York (state), New York's Alfred A. Knopf in 1930, with Book sales club, book club editions that sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladiator A
A gladiator ( la, gladiator, "swordsman", from , "sword") was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their lives and their legal and social standing by appearing in the arena. Most were despised as slaves, schooled under harsh conditions, socially marginalized, and segregated even in death. Irrespective of their origin, gladiators offered spectators an example of Rome's martial ethics and, in fighting or dying well, they could inspire admiration and popular acclaim. They were celebrated in high and low art, and their value as entertainers was commemorated in precious and commonplace objects throughout the Roman world. The origin of gladiatorial combat is open to debate. There is evidence of it in funeral rites during the Punic Wars of the 3rd century BC, and thereafter it rapidly became an essential fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road To Freedom
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The Road to Freedom may refer to: * ''The Road to Freedom'' (Chris de Burgh album), 2004 * ''The Road to Freedom'' (L. Ron Hubbard album), 1986 * ''Road to Freedom'' (album), by Young Disciples, 1991 * ''The Road to Freedom'' (film), a 2010 American-Cambodian war film * ''Road to Freedom'' (journal), a 1924–1932 American anarchist monthly * '' The Road to Freedom'', a 1919–1920 Russian/Ukrainian anarchist newspaper published by adherents of the Makhnovshchina The Makhnovshchina () was an attempt to form a stateless anarchist society in parts of Ukraine during the Russian Revolution of 1917–1923. It existed from 1918 to 1921, during which time free soviets and libertarian communes operated under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sword Of Vengeance
is a 1972 Japanese ''chambara'' film directed by Kenji Misumi. The film tells the story of Ogami Ittō, a wandering assassin for hire who is accompanied by his young son, Daigoro. It is the first in a series of six films in the ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' series. Plot Set in Japan during an unspecified year of the Edo period, Ogami Ittō, the disgraced former ''Kogi Kaishakunin'' (executioner) to the ''shōgun'', wanders the countryside, pushing a baby cart with his 3-year-old son Daigoro inside. A '' sashimono'' banner hangs off his back: "''Ogami: Suiouryo technique. Sword For Hire. Son For Hire.''" His services are asked for in a most unexpected way, when an insane woman seizes Daigoro from the cart and tries to breastfeed the boy. Daigoro at first hesitates, but after a stern look from his father, he proceeds to suckle the woman's breast. The woman's mother then apologizes for her daughter's behavior and tries to give Ittō money, but the stoic ''rōnin'' refuses, saying his son w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladiator (video Game)
''Gladiator'', known in Japan as , is an arcade video game developed by Allumer and published in 1986 by Taito. It was followed by a sequel titled ''Blandia''. Home ports of ''Gladiator'' were released for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 as ''Great Gurianos''; the Spectrum version was intentionally made unwinnable. Gameplay The player controls a gladiator/knight named Great Gurianos as he walks through a castle. The joystick direction moves the character left and right and raises his shield up and down. The game's three buttons correspond to a high, medium, and low attack with Great Gurianos's sword. Gladiator consists of four levels. The reward for completing the game is a fifth stage, the "Treasure Place". Gameplay is split between two modes; in the "obstacle" mode, Great Gurianos walks forward, and the player must use the sword and shield to defend him from bats, fireballs, arrows, shuriken, and other flying hazards. The "obstacle" mode is broken up by a "figh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
