Gladiator is a 2000 epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, and Oliver Reed. The film is set in the Roman Empire and follows Maximus Decimus Meridius, a loyal general who is betrayed by the corrupt emperor’s son, Commodus. Maximus is forced into slavery and must fight as a gladiator to seek revenge against Commodus and restore Rome to its former glory. The movie won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Russell Crowe’s performance as Maximus.
Gladiator Quotes
“I don’t pretend to be a man of the people. But I do try to be a man for the people. – Gracchus”
“Three weeks from now, I will be harvesting my crops. Imagine where you will be, and it will be so – Maximus”
“Ultimately, we are all dead men. Sadly we cannot choose how but, we can decide how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered, as men. – Proximo”
“Brothers, what we do in life echoes in eternity – Maximus”
“Today I saw a slave become more powerful than the Emperor of Rome. – Lucilla”
“Five thousand of my men are out there in the freezing mud. Three thousand of them are bloodied and cleaved. Two thousand will never leave this place. I will not believe they fought and died for nothing. -Maximus”
“My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next. – Maximus”
“A general who became a slave. A slave who became a gladiator. A gladiator who defied an emperor. -Commodus”
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