So many mistakes

Rating: 4/10 (1 December 2007)

The movie contains several mistakes of technical nature. Any student of high school in Italy would be a sufficient historical consultant to the writers of the screenplay. The main mistakes are concerned with the representation of the fights of the Gladiators in the Arenas. The seats chosen for the spectators in the Colosseum and generally speaking in Roman Arenas were precisely assigned. Lower levels, i.e. first "gradins" were exclusively reserved to Senators and important citizens of Rome, such as magistrateships. In the movie such rule is completely ignored. The intermediate levels, above, were for other citizens and the main part of male spectators. Finally women were segregated in the highest and separated levels of the Anphitheater. No mixed men/women audience were allowed! Moreover no mixed fight with beasts and other fighters ever took place. At noon the show was concerned with fights with or against wild beasts. Then, late afternoon, one man against another single man. Never, ever a group of men or against a group of men.