So, let's take a look at the film to provide a historian's guide to the latest sword and sandals Hollywood epic to see how ...

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Decades after Gladiator swept the Oscars, Ridley Scott is back with the highly anticipated Gladiator II, proving there's no historical fixation quite like it. This long-awaited sequel is an ...

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