You updated your password.

Reset Password

Enter the email address you used to create your account. We will email you instructions on how to reset your password.

Forgot Your Email Address? Contact Us

Reset Your Password

SHOW
SHOW

A Historian Goes to the Movies: Gladiator Fact vs. Fiction

Historic movies can be surprisingly accurate ... and often shockingly wrong. When looking at these factors in the film "Gladiator," you will be entertained.
A Historian Goes to the Movies: Gladiator Fact vs. Fiction is rated 5.0 out of 5 by 2.
  • y_2024, m_3, d_18, h_10
  • bvseo_bulk, prod_bvrr, vn_bulk_3.0.38
  • cp_1, bvpage1
  • co_hasreviews, tv_1, tr_1
  • loc_en_CA, sid_3152, prod, sort_[SortEntry(order=SUBMISSION_TIME, direction=DESCENDING)]
  • clientName_teachco
  • bvseo_sdk, p_sdk, 3.2.1
  • CLOUD, getAggregateRating, 38.9ms
  • REVIEWS, PRODUCT
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Excellent lecture! Thanks for this! I have enjoyed this long lecture on gladitors, history and entertainment. As a film buff, "Gladitor" is one of my favorites and it is interesting learn about factual information about the film's content. Also, there are some rumors on a "Gladiator 2" film and I think this long lecture is timely addition to Wondrium. I am also fond of this professor's delivery style which is engaging to watch.
Date published: 2023-07-16
  • y_2024, m_3, d_18, h_10
  • bvseo_bulk, prod_bvrr, vn_bulk_3.0.38
  • cp_1, bvpage1
  • co_hasreviews, tv_1, tr_1
  • loc_en_CA, sid_3152, prod, sort_[SortEntry(order=SUBMISSION_TIME, direction=DESCENDING)]
  • clientName_teachco
  • bvseo_sdk, p_sdk, 3.2.1
  • CLOUD, getReviews, 4.77ms
  • REVIEWS, PRODUCT

Overview

Look at ancient Rome through the lens of modern Hollywood as an award-winning professor uncovers the historical truths behind the theatrical portrayal of "Gladiator."

About

Gregory S. Aldrete

As an ancient historian, my goals are to share the enthusiasm for and fascination with antiquity that I feel, and to show some of the connections between that world and our own.

INSTITUTION

University of Wisconsin, Green Bay

Dr. Gregory S. Aldrete is Professor of Humanistic Studies and History at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, where he has taught since 1995. He earned his B.A. from Princeton University and his master's degree and Ph.D. in Ancient History from the University of Michigan. Honored many times over for his research and his teaching, Professor Aldrete was named by his university as the winner of its highest awards in each category, receiving both its Founders Association Award for Excellence in Scholarship and its Founders Association Award for Excellence in Teaching. That recognition of his teaching skills was echoed on a national level in 2009, when he received the American Philological Association Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Classics at the College Level-the national teaching award given annually by the professional association of classics professors. The recipient of many prestigious research fellowships including five from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Professor Aldrete has published several important books in his field, including Gestures and Acclamations in Ancient Rome; Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome; Daily Life in the Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia; The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life I: The Ancient World (as editor); Unraveling the Linothorax Mystery: Reconstructing and Testing Ancient Linen Body Armor (with S. Bartell and A. Aldrete) and The Long Shadow of Antiquity: What Have the Greeks and Romans Done for Us (with A. Aldrete).

By This Professor

History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach
854
The Decisive Battles of World History
854
The Roman Empire: From Augustus to The Fall of Rome
854
The Rise of Rome
854
A Historian Goes to the Movies: Ancient Rome
854
History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective
854
A Historian Goes to the Movies:  Gladiator Fact vs. Fiction

01: A Historian Goes to the Movies: Gladiator Fact vs. Fiction

About the cinematic blockbuster Gladiator, director Ridley Scott noted, “I felt the priority was to stay true to the spirit of the period, but not necessarily to adhere to facts.  We were, after all, creating fiction, not practicing archaeology.” This is your chance plunge into the facts as Professor Gregory S. Aldrete from the University of Wisconsin introduces you to the real-life characters, societies, and gladiator games of ancient Rome. You may be surprised to discover they are just as dramatic as the film.

42 min