This one slow motion shot serves the same function in the scene as cranking a catapult into place in Gladiator ... battle. It’s cause and effect. We see the slow motion shot of Napoleon first ...

Gladiator’s opening scene sees Maximus and his army fighting a battle in Germania. After their victory, Maximus is met by Emperor Aurelius who tells him that when he dies, he wants Maximus to ...

Historian Roel Konijnendijk reviews examples of ancient battles in "Gladiator II," "The Lord of the Rings," and "House of the ...

"Gladiator II" features a naval battle that occurs ... might seem, the scene was, at least partially, inspired by history. Water spectacles in Rome go back to the first century BC.