Comments on: Lessons in Manliness from Gladiator http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/26/lessons-in-manliness-from-gladiator/ Men's Interests and Lifestyle Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:41:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/26/lessons-in-manliness-from-gladiator/comment-page-1/#comment-103093 Eric Thu, 27 May 2010 15:45:40 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=36#comment-103093 Great movie. By far one of my favorites. Great movie. By far one of my favorites.

]]> By: Rafael Contreras http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/26/lessons-in-manliness-from-gladiator/comment-page-1/#comment-101472 Rafael Contreras Thu, 13 May 2010 11:57:22 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=36#comment-101472 After seeing Gladiator I read a couple of books and it was not unusual for Spaniards to fight for Rome.Maximus means maximum? After seeing Gladiator I read a couple of books and it was not unusual for Spaniards to fight for Rome.Maximus means maximum?

]]> By: John http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/26/lessons-in-manliness-from-gladiator/comment-page-1/#comment-100450 John Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:15:39 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=36#comment-100450 Why are there women writing and co-writing articles on The Art of Manliness? Why are women on this site? Go away. There are plenty of other sites for you to hang out on. Yet another site/magazine/club/etc. for "men" yet run by women. Why are there women writing and co-writing articles on The Art of Manliness?

Why are women on this site?

Go away. There are plenty of other sites for you to hang out on.

Yet another site/magazine/club/etc. for “men” yet run by women.

]]> By: Crustalmighty http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/26/lessons-in-manliness-from-gladiator/comment-page-1/#comment-100244 Crustalmighty Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:48:57 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=36#comment-100244 I'm not diggin' the spirituality thing... I’m not diggin’ the spirituality thing…

]]> By: Morelli http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/26/lessons-in-manliness-from-gladiator/comment-page-1/#comment-100177 Morelli Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:58:11 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=36#comment-100177 RFP, Trajan and Hadrian, two of the best Emperors Rome ever had were born in "Hispania", this is the Roman-Latin equivalent term for our modern word given to the land mass comprising the peninsula of south-western Europe now know as Spain and Portugal. It was "incorporated" into the Roman Empire completely by the end for the 1st century B.C. by force and by mutual consent in most regions. Just because it was a so called "colony" does not make the character or the Emperors any less Spanish or Roman as your perfect analogy with "General Tex" clearly advises. Is he an American? Yes. Is he a Texan? Yes again. Was "Gladiator" the character portrayed by Russell Crowe a Roman? Why, yes. Was he also a Spaniard as the land where he was born was named "Hispania" by the Romans themselves? Of course he was. The premise that drove and dominated in the Roman Empire was that if you paid your taxes and followed the rules you became a Roman citizen no matter where you had been born, which had many advantages. Among them to be considered an equal to any one else in the Empire, with its rights and obligations to go along. That meant mandatory conscription and the right to hold property etc. He fought for Rome because Rome had afforded him rights he would have otherwise had to fight for on a daily basis, thus bringing order to an otherwise unruly land that he was so much a part of. He was more than likely the descendant of a Celt who had married an Iberian, notice his wife's olive skin tone, who had become a Roman citizen through military service, but being born in "Hispania" made him "The Spaniard", and it seems that he took pride in this title as he boasted of the horses of Spain being "some of the best" when asked by Lucius. Oh and by the way, I am of Roman descent myself as the name would imply, so I am not speaking out of term. I still have distant relatives in "The Eternal City" to this day. Ciao RFP,
Trajan and Hadrian, two of the best Emperors Rome ever had were born in “Hispania”, this is the Roman-Latin equivalent term for our modern word given to the land mass comprising the peninsula of south-western Europe now know as Spain and Portugal. It was “incorporated” into the Roman Empire completely by the end for the 1st century B.C. by force and by mutual consent in most regions. Just because it was a so called “colony” does not make the character or the Emperors any less Spanish or Roman as your perfect analogy with “General Tex” clearly advises. Is he an American? Yes. Is he a Texan? Yes again. Was “Gladiator” the character portrayed by Russell Crowe a Roman? Why, yes. Was he also a Spaniard as the land where he was born was named “Hispania” by the Romans themselves? Of course he was. The premise that drove and dominated in the Roman Empire was that if you paid your taxes and followed the rules you became a Roman citizen no matter where you had been born, which had many advantages. Among them to be considered an equal to any one else in the Empire, with its rights and obligations to go along. That meant mandatory conscription and the right to hold property etc. He fought for Rome because Rome had afforded him rights he would have otherwise had to fight for on a daily basis, thus bringing order to an otherwise unruly land that he was so much a part of. He was more than likely the descendant of a Celt who had married an Iberian, notice his wife’s olive skin tone, who had become a Roman citizen through military service, but being born in “Hispania” made him “The Spaniard”, and it seems that he took pride in this title as he boasted of the horses of Spain being “some of the best” when asked by Lucius. Oh and by the way, I am of Roman descent myself as the name would imply, so I am not speaking out of term. I still have distant relatives in “The Eternal City” to this day.
Ciao

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