Wray Vamplew

Sep 27, 2024 | livescience.com | Wray Vamplew

In the trailer for Ridley Scott's hotly anticipated sequel to Gladiator (2000), a new gladiator (played by Paul Mescal) goes to battle in "the greatest temple Rome ever built — the Colosseum". He comes up against naval warfare, a cutthroat promoter (Denzel Washington) and a stampeding rhino. But how much of this really took place in Roman times? As always with films based in the past, pedantic historians will jump in to assess the degree of cinematic licence and historical misinterpretation.

Sep 25, 2024 | ancient-origins.net | Wray Vamplew

By Wray Vamplew/The ConversationIn the trailer for Ridley Scott’s hotly anticipated sequel to Gladiator (2000), a new gladiator (played by Paul Mescal) goes to battle in “the greatest temple Rome ever built – the Colosseum”. He comes up against naval warfare, a cutthroat promoter (Denzel Washington) and a stampeding rhino. But how much of this really took place in Roman times?

Sep 24, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Wray Vamplew

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Sep 24, 2024 | theconversation.com | Wray Vamplew

In the trailer for Ridley Scott’s hotly anticipated sequel to Gladiator (2000), a new gladiator (played by Paul Mescal) goes to battle in “the greatest temple Rome ever built – the Colosseum”. He comes up against naval warfare, a cutthroat promoter (Denzel Washington) and a stampeding rhino. But how much of this really took place in Roman times? As always with films based in the past, pedantic historians will jump in to assess the degree of cinematic licence and historical misinterpretation.

Jan 28, 2024 | greekreporter.com | Luis Ospino |Wray Vamplew

Paid to play, travelling internationally and enjoying celebrity status: the lifestyle of a modern elite professional sportsperson, but also that of some elite sportsmen in ancient Greece and Rome. Ancient Greeks lived in perhaps 1,000 autonomous communities stretching, in modern terms, from Spain in the west to Afghanistan in the east, from Ukraine in the north to Egypt in the south.