Maximus Leads The Romans To Victory (Full Opening Battle) | Gladiator

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  • Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 433

  • @johnpirie3800
    @johnpirie3800 3 месяца назад +403

    People should know when they're conquered. What a line from a fantastic movie. The music was exceptional as well. Truly wonderful movie.

    • @gon3808
      @gon3808 3 месяца назад +42

      The answer is even better:
      - Would you Quintus? Would I?

    • @thegaslightneverends
      @thegaslightneverends 2 месяца назад +8

      would you? would I?

    • @oliverthomas3134
      @oliverthomas3134 2 месяца назад +2

      So TRUE

    • @frankryan2505
      @frankryan2505 2 месяца назад +1

      imperialist line..but i love it..

    • @gon3808
      @gon3808 2 месяца назад +5

      @@frankryan2505 The answer is actually what makes that line great.
      -Would you Quintus? Would I?

  • @adrianpallis4568
    @adrianpallis4568 Месяц назад +85

    10 mins of absolutely Perfection.

  • @victorortiz2161
    @victorortiz2161 2 месяца назад +551

    Even in the year 2000 they were making films worthy of eternity

    • @SimoSisu
      @SimoSisu 2 месяца назад +25

      It's a blessing to have older, brilliant movies from decades past. Newer GOOD movies are freaking rare to witness these days.

    • @gunnie32
      @gunnie32 2 месяца назад +10

      In 2000, and way way before that, they were making far better movies than today...

    • @Darecki2
      @Darecki2 2 месяца назад +5

      True

    • @элигион
      @элигион 2 месяца назад +6

      Сейчас и близко не снимают ничего подобного.

    • @SimoSisu
      @SimoSisu 2 месяца назад +4

      @@элигион Sad but true

  • @azrael9883
    @azrael9883 2 месяца назад +299

    The best start of a movie...period. Strength and honour

    • @christoff124
      @christoff124 2 месяца назад +4

      strength and honor, friend.

    • @testickles
      @testickles 2 месяца назад +13

      Scotch and Soda

    • @mohammedmiah6761
      @mohammedmiah6761 2 месяца назад +3

      Let hope gladiator 2 is even better

    • @SimoSisu
      @SimoSisu 2 месяца назад +4

      @@mohammedmiah6761 Zero chance for it to be better than this. Gonna be politically correct asf and corny. Just like every other sequel they make these days.

    • @sirloin8745
      @sirloin8745 2 месяца назад

      @@mohammedmiah6761 you’re kidding, right? 😢

  • @MrAhmadibnu
    @MrAhmadibnu 2 месяца назад +303

    "Brothers... what we do in life echoes in eternity..."
    -General Maximus

    • @quarky6395
      @quarky6395 2 месяца назад +2

      nah, todays news is just tomorrows fish and chip paper!

    • @tobiasrekker5376
      @tobiasrekker5376 Месяц назад

      ​@@quarky6395no correlation whatsoever with the initial comment.

    • @Zeromortisimus
      @Zeromortisimus 8 дней назад

      @@tobiasrekker5376he was trying to be funny bro, even if it really wasnt. :v

    • @leafbranch1872
      @leafbranch1872 День назад

      If a tree 🌲 falls in the forest, and no-one's around. Does it make a sound,,❔

  • @CG3ReAperr
    @CG3ReAperr 2 месяца назад +29

    5:32 best music scene of all time. Hans Zimmer is a genius and Scott is just from another world!

    • @jasonchan0925
      @jasonchan0925 Месяц назад +1

      Oh man, Hans, these Romans were killing your ancestors.

  • @ultramarinechaplain88
    @ultramarinechaplain88 2 месяца назад +37

    What we do in life, echoes in eternity... A true line for a film this legendary. They dont make films like this anymore

  • @overlordseniukas181
    @overlordseniukas181 2 месяца назад +35

    This and helms deep are deffinetely the best battle scenes in any movie ever

    • @FrauStaenki
      @FrauStaenki Месяц назад +4

      What about the Pelennor Fields?

    • @Bullet-Tooth-Tony-
      @Bullet-Tooth-Tony- 19 дней назад +5

      @@FrauStaenki Kingdom of Heaven was epic as well

    • @madladjunoir288
      @madladjunoir288 2 дня назад +1

      @@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- some of the battles in kingdom of heaven had me scratching my head wondering how they filmed it, insane movie

  • @skeebatv
    @skeebatv Месяц назад +36

    I saw this at the pictures of when i was 12.. and now i am 37 year's old.. what a classic ! Strength and honor in life people.. the way you conduct yourselves, The west will stand... Europe must stand ! ... of our values !, as a Scots man. We fight !

    • @zaharpravdin9364
      @zaharpravdin9364 Месяц назад +3

      Me too

    • @zaharpravdin9364
      @zaharpravdin9364 Месяц назад +2

      Me too

    • @tobiasrekker5376
      @tobiasrekker5376 Месяц назад +2

      The first part was accurate, the second is questionable.
      The West is witnessing the fall of Rome 2.0.
      We don't know the difference between a man and a woman.
      Men are identifying as woman and can compete in the same sport.
      We saw in the last Olympics boxing men fighting against women.
      The East is rising again.
      The sunrise on the east.
      The sunsets on the west.
      We are not gone, however the shift of world power is to the East.

    • @chrana
      @chrana Месяц назад +2

      @@tobiasrekker5376 Il et encore possible de se relever. ça dépendra de la volonté de nos dirigeants et de l'état de conscience des peuples de l'Occident. En France je constate un petit réveil, il démarre, il est faible car c'est comme une jeune pouce dune plante, m'ais c'est un bon début.
      La révolution Française nous à fait très mal, car nous avons renié les valeurs chrétienne, Dieu, Jésus, et l'église. Mais je pense que que nous avons suffisamment payé pour nos fautes, il est temps de changer les choses.... j'ai l'espérance et c'est une vertu chrétienne.

    • @lakedistrict9450
      @lakedistrict9450 Месяц назад

      Fight who?

  • @czupakabrabros
    @czupakabrabros 2 месяца назад +29

    one of the best movies in history

  • @BIGOLU
    @BIGOLU 2 месяца назад +59

    One of the greatest epic movie of all time

  • @Talote1983
    @Talote1983 2 месяца назад +140

    - People should know when they're conquered.
    - Would you Quintus? Would I?

    • @ChrisR395
      @ChrisR395 2 месяца назад +12

      Shows his humanity, his self-awareness and is great foreshadowing. Love this movie.

    • @iann23
      @iann23 2 месяца назад

      My conquer is bigger than your conker.

    • @rikbos2249
      @rikbos2249 2 месяца назад +4

      Quintus was part of maximus army but couldn't stand for him when corruption was obvious

    • @TrueLegateDamar
      @TrueLegateDamar 2 месяца назад

      Would you be fine with the US killing all the native americans if they had refused to surrender and be moved to reservations?

    • @Soothing432
      @Soothing432 Месяц назад +5

      dont know why, i stand with the ancient germans, they are very brave standing against that roman war machine , even when they know theyre gonna lose and this battle is the last in the 8 year campaign when the romans prevailed.

  • @黃色史萊姆
    @黃色史萊姆 3 месяца назад +93

    You know the old king decided something when he close his eyes and face to the sky, even he didn’t say a word

    • @RodrigoGonzalez-gf6cm
      @RodrigoGonzalez-gf6cm 2 месяца назад +9

      Was the emperor, that battle was supposed to be the end of a year's long war (Marcomannic Wars)

    • @TristanWeijermars
      @TristanWeijermars 2 месяца назад +6

      King?? Fortunately it's also possible to enjoy the film when you don't know anything about Roman history...

    • @hainxxhry5339
      @hainxxhry5339 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@@TristanWeijermars Rome was a monarchy until around 500bc... This movie takes place in the empire already, but still

    • @AgieSebie
      @AgieSebie 12 дней назад +4

      ​@@TristanWeijermars Judging by this person's username they are not Western. How can you expect them to know the difference between Regal Rome & Imperial Rome? They're clearly enjoying this great movie based on our heritage, why push them away?

  • @HanaJarolimkova-i6z
    @HanaJarolimkova-i6z Месяц назад +5

    Miluju tento film, po dlouhe dobe natocili kvalitni historicky film jako je tocili v 60 letech. Videla jsem to hodnekrat a diky za nej.

  • @pkerry12
    @pkerry12 3 месяца назад +117

    the music in this is brillant.

    • @elftax
      @elftax 3 месяца назад +1

      Because it’s the same as Pirates of Caribbean?

    • @constantinezh7156
      @constantinezh7156 2 месяца назад

      @@elftax Are you an idiot? This came out a few years before PotC. And it's not even close, lmfao. Wtf?

    • @pascals.4118
      @pascals.4118 2 месяца назад +9

      No, but it is from the same composer. The fantastic Hans Zimmer.

    • @tobyforrester
      @tobyforrester 2 месяца назад +6

      Fun fact: this battle theme is intentionally based on "Mars" by Gustav Holst. Mars being the Roman god of war. His music has been immensely influental in classical film scores. ruclips.net/video/Jmk5frp6-3Q/видео.htmlsi=FQdIRYW8ZZkVFyxC&t=71

    • @Qwerty-yg5gj
      @Qwerty-yg5gj Месяц назад +1

      @@tobyforresternice fact

  • @SpanAsia50
    @SpanAsia50 2 месяца назад +25

    NEVER GET TIRED WATCHING THIS MOVIE. ONE OF MY FAVORITE

    • @jimethota
      @jimethota 2 месяца назад

      Your keyboard has a button called "Caps Lock" you should press it

  • @user-oo8zt1sc1c
    @user-oo8zt1sc1c 2 месяца назад +47

    RIP giant barbarian.

  • @kiliians
    @kiliians 2 месяца назад +101

    This is pretty much how I fight my Rome Total War battles when I can.

    • @SimoSisu
      @SimoSisu 2 месяца назад +6

      This is how I eat my dinner

    • @JuanCarlos-fu3th
      @JuanCarlos-fu3th 2 месяца назад +4

      Es muy espectacular, pero muy poco realista.
      Las flechas de fuego no eran nada útiles.
      Las legiones combatían en línea, no hombre a hombre.
      E incendiar un bosque donde se tiene que combatir, una estupidez.
      La escena parece más sacada de un videojuego que de la historia.

    • @bencebuda4599
      @bencebuda4599 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@JuanCarlos-fu3th las flechas de fuego eran muy útiles, pero no se usaban contra la infantería, principalmente se usaban para incendiar edificos, naves y para negación de área con sus humos.

    • @JuanCarlos-fu3th
      @JuanCarlos-fu3th Месяц назад +1

      @@bencebuda4599
      Justo lo que no hay en esa batalla.

    • @ronen124
      @ronen124 Месяц назад

      @@JuanCarlos-fu3th jaja

  • @attila2246
    @attila2246 4 дня назад +1

    Had to go back and watch this after seeing 2. This scene is better than that entire movie.

  • @ADAKAR83
    @ADAKAR83 Месяц назад +3

    1:00 that is so fakin GREAT camera shot....

  • @michaelgould3433
    @michaelgould3433 3 месяца назад +25

    Once the music changed tempo and began an upswell, Maximus began to scent victory.

  • @detroxx56784
    @detroxx56784 2 месяца назад +79

    Back when movies were actually good and worth watching.

  • @vigilhammer
    @vigilhammer 2 месяца назад +52

    On my signal, unleash hell

    • @teebruecke7138
      @teebruecke7138 Месяц назад

      ... Joey! Lets take this motherfuckers home man....

  • @furiacabocla2furiacabocla589
    @furiacabocla2furiacabocla589 2 месяца назад +21

    Best battle scene ever filmed.. Never saw another with this reality.

    • @zsos8
      @zsos8 2 месяца назад +1

      watch: Battle of the bastards. 300 battle formation scene . Troy first battle scene

    • @straightshooter8751
      @straightshooter8751 2 месяца назад +4

      I take it you haven't seen a single Lord of the rings movie

    • @bobplisskenNYLA
      @bobplisskenNYLA 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@straightshooter8751😂 Human stunts vs Crap CGI and green walls. You must be kidding

    • @JuanAntonioFrancoMuñoz-k6i
      @JuanAntonioFrancoMuñoz-k6i 2 месяца назад +1

      Nothing else!!!

    • @wohendumwing3ee9
      @wohendumwing3ee9 Месяц назад +3

      Not realistic. It became a free-for-all with no battlefield cohesion and nobody in their formations. In real life, this would have been a disaster and signified a failure in leadership. The Roman Emperor and Senate would not have allowed this general to command another battle. This is hollywood shtick. Still a good scene, but by no means realistic.

  • @Garrett85Cz
    @Garrett85Cz 28 дней назад +4

    I love how the film makers had used the same medieval horse armor face mask (Maximu's horse) as you can see in the Kingdom of Heaven (Baldwin's horse - 'The Jerusalem Has Come scene')! I wonder if anyone ever glimpse that lil detail ;) Greetings from Czech republic! And check the blind hussite general John Zizka! For honor dear knights! 💪

  • @alla7932
    @alla7932 Месяц назад +7

    That dog is an Alpha 😎 he will have many stories to tell his grandchildren

  • @smpdevelopments
    @smpdevelopments 2 месяца назад +4

    one of the best scenes in movie history

  • @Dongskiii
    @Dongskiii 2 месяца назад +6

    His acting skills makes me feel like its not a movie, it feels like I'm witnessing the actual Maximus.

  • @IOANCHRIST-GODSTEF
    @IOANCHRIST-GODSTEF 2 месяца назад +3

    WHEN YOU BUMP
    INTO A FRIEND
    ON THE BATTLEFIELD,
    YOU KNOW YOU ARE CLOSE
    TO VICTORY!
    THE PAIN,
    THE SUFFERING!

  • @forlorndream1400
    @forlorndream1400 2 месяца назад +8

    The Celtics fought with individual prowess for glory. The Romans fought as a unit, a machine. The Celtics had no chance of winning.

    • @magiclion
      @magiclion 2 месяца назад +2

      Maybe do but these guys were Germans not Celts. The Celts had been defeated two centuries earlier. Mostly by Julius Caesar.

    • @magiclion
      @magiclion 2 месяца назад +1

      Maybe so but these were Germans. The Celts who aren't German peoples were pretty much defeated two centuries earlier than this period. Mostly by Julius Caesar.

    • @MircoMelloni
      @MircoMelloni Месяц назад

      ​@@magiclionvero...right. Ciao.

    • @Jonesyb90
      @Jonesyb90 28 дней назад

      @@magiclion tell that to the Scottish, Picts and the Celts saw off the Romans and centuries later the Vikings

  • @FatGouf
    @FatGouf 2 месяца назад +13

    It was awesome till the most elite and disciplined soldiers during that time broke ranks and fought in a moshpit of a battle. The Roman formation is well known for holding ranks for half a day, they dont break a perfect formation for absolutely no reason.

    • @keiryngiles4114
      @keiryngiles4114 2 дня назад

      Why ruin a good story? We all know the truth!

  • @PumaGamer182
    @PumaGamer182 2 месяца назад +9

    No special effects, best of this

    • @ARmy2510
      @ARmy2510 Месяц назад +1

      This sequence have CGI. The're just perfectly blends into picture. At 5:23 you have a three shots combined into one wide. Every arrow and every stone throwed into german army is CGI. Also most of soldiers. They also had to widened arrows range because in reality it was too small to make great expression.

  • @calgon5689
    @calgon5689 2 месяца назад +8

    The Zulu War Chants in this make the scene 100x better!

    • @MircoMelloni
      @MircoMelloni Месяц назад +2

      "Zulu" film is a very beautiful film. Ciao

    • @Jonesyb90
      @Jonesyb90 28 дней назад

      What chants are Zulu?

    • @calgon5689
      @calgon5689 27 дней назад

      @Jonesyb90 the war chants of the Germanic soldiers was directly taken from Zulu by Ridley because he loves the layering it brings. It's authentic Zulu too, the Zulu warriors in the film were actual Zulus.

    • @Jonesyb90
      @Jonesyb90 27 дней назад

      @@calgon5689 what a brilliant fact as it makes absolutely no sense. I had absolutely no idea that’s where it’s from, love random snippets like that.

  • @Bullet-Tooth-Tony-
    @Bullet-Tooth-Tony- 2 месяца назад +7

    6:12 The German in the middle and the Roman legionaires on the right are laughing XD

    • @kimmjung
      @kimmjung Месяц назад +1

      Haha nice catch

  • @jameshuker56
    @jameshuker56 2 месяца назад +8

    If you've seen it first, who else can't get over that Gladiator used the Zulu chanting from the movie Zulu?

    • @calgon5689
      @calgon5689 2 месяца назад +2

      It's fits it perfectly too and adds that level on uncertainty just hearing it in the distance.

    • @nordveld
      @nordveld Месяц назад +3

      You sir, are a man of culture. I assumed nobody else had heard that! 😀

  • @ElliTheDrow
    @ElliTheDrow 2 месяца назад +6

    Strength and honour

  • @samsmith2635
    @samsmith2635 Месяц назад +1

    Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius and Russell Crowe as General Maximus, bliss

  • @jules8876
    @jules8876 2 месяца назад +8

    The only part of this battle scene that I didn't like is that the legionarys never threw their pila.
    It's been said that the Roman line of infantry could win a battle without ever touching the enemy infantry. The pilum was a terrifyingly effective weapon. It'd either klll the man it was thrown at or disable his shield.

    • @tacodias
      @tacodias 2 месяца назад

      Pila is jargon for dick in Portuguese precisely because of the pilum

    • @wohendumwing3ee9
      @wohendumwing3ee9 Месяц назад +4

      It became a free-for-all. Not realistic. Roman infantry would never have broken their formations to fight one-to-one like this. They were famous for their discipline and battlefield formations....not their one on one dueling ability.

    • @NalesnikZdrzemem
      @NalesnikZdrzemem Месяц назад

      @@wohendumwing3ee9 actually they always broke their formation, it's a fact.

    • @wohendumwing3ee9
      @wohendumwing3ee9 Месяц назад +5

      @@NalesnikZdrzemem No it isn't a fact. They only broke formation once the enemies began to break and flee. During battle, formations always held until one side lost and fled. They didn't break formation at the very beginning of a battle and go to street-brawling. If they did, what was the point of the formation genius? If you don't know what you're talking about, silence is your best option.
      It's hilarious that you find this battle realistic.

    • @antoniosantamaria6409
      @antoniosantamaria6409 Месяц назад

      The first thing that is not realistic is that the Romans did not speak English. I mean, if we are going to be purists.

  • @KaifongChang
    @KaifongChang 4 дня назад

    "Brothers! ... what we do in this movie echoes in eternity..."
    - Russell Crowe

  • @Badger1160cc
    @Badger1160cc 2 месяца назад +10

    1.04 sounds like the chant made by the warrior's in the 1964 Film Zulu

  • @MetapeterUndMetagreta
    @MetapeterUndMetagreta Месяц назад +4

    1:06 "Ihr seid verfickte Hunde" oder was schreit er? "seid" ist schon sehr wild ausgesprochen.

  • @mattatthapon1461
    @mattatthapon1461 2 месяца назад +9

    Brothers, what we do in life... echoes in eternity.

    • @smpdevelopments
      @smpdevelopments 2 месяца назад +1

      we must form the roman army once again

  • @Soothing432
    @Soothing432 Месяц назад +1

    dont know why, i stand with the ancient germans, they are very brave standing against that roman war machine , even when they know theyre gonna loss and this battle is the last in the 8 year campaign when the romans prevailed.

    • @keelung9
      @keelung9 Месяц назад

      Except they shouldn't have killed the messenger

    • @Christusvinci
      @Christusvinci 5 дней назад

      ​@@keelung9😂 this☝️

  • @official_ashhh
    @official_ashhh 3 дня назад +1

    this is sparta !! ✌

  • @jerrychang7128
    @jerrychang7128 8 дней назад +1

    氣勢恢宏的經典開場,配樂絕妙起伏!

  • @marvintiger9631
    @marvintiger9631 2 месяца назад +2

    0:45 "You are the Dog!"
    1:07-1:09 "You are cursed Dogs!"

  • @bdleo300
    @bdleo300 Месяц назад

    The best opening ever!

  • @johnbaldock6353
    @johnbaldock6353 2 месяца назад +7

    This is Basically Every Saturday in the English Football League!!🤣

  • @wakeup-v9g
    @wakeup-v9g 17 дней назад

    Great battle! But what was English Bob doing there?

  • @10bwonder
    @10bwonder 2 месяца назад +4

    nice lorica segmentatas ! ;)

  • @dimitrisrallis9887
    @dimitrisrallis9887 Месяц назад +2

    Strength and Honour!!!

  • @solomonsaleem6745
    @solomonsaleem6745 5 дней назад

    بداية المعركة كانت اكثر من رائعة تقترب من الكمال .. نقاط الضعف كانت في جميوع المشاة .. عددهم كان قليلا جدا وتحركاتهم غير جدية باتجاه العدو هذه هي نقطة ضعف المشهد الوحيدة ولكنه يبقى من افضل ما رايت .. الموسيقى التصويرية خيالية لأبعد الحدود

  • @alifffarhanshuhaimi9552
    @alifffarhanshuhaimi9552 5 дней назад +2

    too bad the second movie doesnt even come close

  • @vasilandrikov2179
    @vasilandrikov2179 Месяц назад +1

    The moment people start preparing for the upcoming moment of truth when their leader passes by you know people are trusting and believing on ya !

  • @Aryan_homophobe
    @Aryan_homophobe 2 месяца назад +5

    Extremely historically inaccurate. But really cool scene.

  • @joejoe2928
    @joejoe2928 Месяц назад +1

    Gladiator. Right scenes in coloseum

  • @wilhelmhesse1348
    @wilhelmhesse1348 Месяц назад +12

    The Romans trained like they were fighting and they fought like they were training ~~
    Josephus

  • @m.hoffman2889
    @m.hoffman2889 2 месяца назад +1

    please let Gladiator 2 be as epic as this

    • @luiscobos123
      @luiscobos123 2 месяца назад +2

      It will be Shit and you know it

    • @m.hoffman2889
      @m.hoffman2889 2 месяца назад

      @@luiscobos123 nah please not...

    • @nordveld
      @nordveld Месяц назад

      It won't.

  • @einarkeyser1763
    @einarkeyser1763 Месяц назад

    vårat helvete kommer bli erat, nästan roligt

  • @amuktadir1991
    @amuktadir1991 Месяц назад +1

    LIKE OLD TIME,A KING NEVER MAKES ANY MISTAKE,NOW COMPANIES.

  • @fizzypurple5495
    @fizzypurple5495 2 месяца назад +11

    Can’t listen to that chanting from Zulu without thinking about that film, I find it odd that they repurposed it for this film

    • @thedwarfking2
      @thedwarfking2 2 месяца назад +1

      Odd, yes, but I still like it.

    • @keithhamilton8653
      @keithhamilton8653 2 месяца назад +1

      My thoughts exactly ,, I came on to read the comments to see if anyone but me noticed this

  • @thomaslangley1571
    @thomaslangley1571 Месяц назад +1

    I bet Neil Warnock would be fucking loving it if he was stood there when Maximus says " hold the line "

  • @MessiasSouza-du8jy
    @MessiasSouza-du8jy 3 месяца назад +6

    Boa produção bem.feito.esse filme

  • @vitalganon6465
    @vitalganon6465 Месяц назад +1

    Hans Zimmer is a legend

  • @amuktadir1991
    @amuktadir1991 Месяц назад

    THNKS SIR AND MAMS.

  • @MadMax74656
    @MadMax74656 2 месяца назад +3

    ...AND REMEMBER THIS ABOVE ALL...ROMAN GODS ARE WATCHING,MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT ASHAMED...

  • @emmatarilerilero1230
    @emmatarilerilero1230 2 месяца назад +2

    Actually, Maximus should be to scream "Roma Victrix" (pronun. "uictrix").

  • @BadBoy-wy1il
    @BadBoy-wy1il 4 дня назад

    look at the guy at 6:12 beside the flag smiling😂

  • @studavies1967
    @studavies1967 2 месяца назад +8

    History nerd in me I know but they would have thrown the pilum before the 2 army's clashed

  • @aryastark772
    @aryastark772 4 дня назад +1

    They dont make movies like this anymore

  • @bjw4859
    @bjw4859 13 дней назад

    Go for it Rusty, you are 30 odd foot of grunt.

  • @js4266
    @js4266 2 месяца назад +2

    "Ihr seid verfluchte hunde", awesome line

  • @d.o.g.7622
    @d.o.g.7622 Месяц назад +1

    Romans charging forward on modern horses in a hilly, muddy spruce monoculture, accompanied by a German shepherd jumping through fire, while hundrets of legionnaires are fighting man-to-man without command: Had this actually taken place like shown in this battle scene, Maximus would not have shouted "Roma victor" but "Roma est devicta" - provided he would have had survived...
    The legionnaires of the Roman legions (legion, latin: "legere", meaning: the selected, the chosen) avoided dueling, because the risk of injury and death was high and therefore uneconomical. Roman legionnaires were in fact valuable assets for their legati (legatus, latin: commander, the one sent by the emperor) because they were cost-intensively skilled, resilient and disciplined elite soldiers (sort of ancient Navy SEALS) who were trained to handle harsh conditions (35 kg of equipment, daily stages of 30 km in five hours) and who could not have been replaced easily in a military campaign abroad in due time. Every victory based on their skills guaranteed and multiplied the fame of their commander when the campaign was over and he returned back to Rome. Therefore avoiding losses of legionnaires was crucial.
    Instead of fighting individually, the Roman legionnaires used to attack most of the time in military formations, for example in a so called "tortoise formation" (latin: "testudo"), comparable to a human tank, protecting the legionnaires with their shields on their sides and over their heads against missile fire, arrows or rocks. Because uneven landscapes made military formations difficult, the Roman legions preferred to fight on flatland; elsewhere their formations got highly vulnerable (see "The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest" AD 9, where three roman legions - around 20.000 legionnaires - got annihilated by the german tribes under their leader Arminius in an ambush in the forest of Teutoburg in the german state of North Rhine-Westphalia).
    The sword ("gladius") was not designed as a duel weapon that was swung like a machete but a thrust weapon.
    What is also completely missing in this battle is the first wave of testudoes in which the legionnaires were equipped with pila. These pila (pilum, a heavy javelin) were designed to be thrown against the shields of the enemy where they got stuck due to the destinctive design of the javelin tip. The weight of the pilum and the fact that the first third of it was made from soft metal that bent under the weight of the shaft after getting stuck pulled the shield downward, rendering it useless.
    Spruce grew originally high up in the Alps before it became commercial timber; german forests of the time were dense, deciduous forests and consisted mainly of beeches. Horses back then were much smaller and compact, more like ponies. Galopping on horses through rough forest terrain leads inevitably to stumbling and falling. The german sheperd must have been a time travelling dog because this breed of dog wasn't bred before the 1890ies. A dog never jumps through fire voluntarily. Training a dog jump through fire is a cruel and unneccessary trick because the risk of injury is extremely high for the animal. Catapults (latin: "onager") shown here on muddy, hilly forest terrain would have been useless because due to their size and weight they would have simply gotten stuck and impossible to maneuver.
    This is not about nitpicking, but all those obvious errors could have been easily avoided. Ridley Scott is a great director, therefore I don't understand why he didn't consult historians and military experts before filkming a movie like "Gladiator" on a 103 million US dollar budget. The result is of course highly entertaining - but it is nothing but a fantasy movie.😅

    • @Qson2321
      @Qson2321 Месяц назад

      Have you ever been invited to a party?

    • @d.o.g.7622
      @d.o.g.7622 9 дней назад

      @Qson2321 :D Numerous times, but unfortunately never by Ridley Scott. Had that happened, it might have spared you "Gladiator II", which makes "Gladiator" look like a scientifically correct documentary...

  • @bill-wd8er
    @bill-wd8er Месяц назад

    the repeat of gladiator soon.

  • @darekdarek-by8xy
    @darekdarek-by8xy Месяц назад

    The Best film gladiator maximus classic 👍👍👍👍

  • @CraigyArchie-b1w
    @CraigyArchie-b1w 18 дней назад

    Proud to be a Archer my ancestors saved this country from the France

  • @PrincessBrown-k7y
    @PrincessBrown-k7y 2 месяца назад

    No 1 talk about the Romans 🐶 one of the best warriors

  • @andresfp6027
    @andresfp6027 8 дней назад +2

    6:15 ROMA INVICTA

  • @joaogieg9303
    @joaogieg9303 2 месяца назад +1

    Russel has more his dignity here as Maximus than as Zeus in Love & Thunder 😅

  • @thijshagenbeek6554
    @thijshagenbeek6554 2 месяца назад +27

    Fighting the Romans in open battle when the Legions had the time to prepare the ground and get themselves set up is suicide.
    This battle was over before it began.

    • @adrianshephard224
      @adrianshephard224 2 месяца назад

      Fully agree. Romans were no JOKE.

    • @jules8876
      @jules8876 2 месяца назад +1

      Hannibal being an exception. The way he used the exact same tactic twice to defeat the Roman Juggernaut was astonishing. Also shows hubris on the Romans' part.
      They saw a weak center.
      Hannibal saw them walk right into it.
      And that was that. Twice.

    • @s.p.q.r2104
      @s.p.q.r2104 2 месяца назад

      Hannibal faced the republican legions still composed of citizen-soldiers, the imperial professional legion is another category ​@@jules8876

    • @ChrisTenalach77777
      @ChrisTenalach77777 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@jules8876 yea? Ask general Scipio where Hannibal was after the battle of Sama. Shitting in his pants and running away like a sisi boy

    • @jules8876
      @jules8876 Месяц назад

      @@ChrisTenalach77777 That doesn't nullify the tactical genius of Hannibal in Italy, at all.
      It's a famous quote that Hannibal knew how to gain a victory, but not how to use one, and that's what happened to him.
      Scipio also got extremely lucky during the battle of Zama. Huge stroke of luck plus having learned from two absolute disasters of battles = victory for Scipio. He wasn't half the commander Hannibal was.

  • @ABJoshyy
    @ABJoshyy 2 месяца назад +5

    Father amorth doing side quest 😂

  • @AhsaniTakwim
    @AhsaniTakwim Месяц назад

    4:41 great shot

  • @oldershikari828
    @oldershikari828 Месяц назад +1

    Not a cellphone in sight, just people being in the moment..

  • @peteharry351
    @peteharry351 Месяц назад +1

    Now we have Marvel and DC comics.......

  • @vitalganon6465
    @vitalganon6465 Месяц назад

    The best ❤ ridley Scott is a great producer

  • @scottishsoldiernew5326
    @scottishsoldiernew5326 2 месяца назад +4

    the song the enemies were singing is the same song from the film zulu? which is an African tribe is it not?

  • @justaman9957
    @justaman9957 Месяц назад +1

    1:06 É ASSIM QUE MEU FUSCA ANDA!!!!!! É ASSIM QUE ELE VAI PARAR!!!!!!

  • @CotaNorman
    @CotaNorman 2 месяца назад +3

    "é assim que meu fusca anda...."

  • @richardkorell6530
    @richardkorell6530 Месяц назад +1

    Da kommt kein Film drann seit 24 Jahren - auch der Neue im November 2024 Gladiator II

  • @Victuris
    @Victuris День назад +1

    Back when Ridley Scott didn't have scripts written by David fucking Scarpa

  • @seamusoconnor1566
    @seamusoconnor1566 Месяц назад

    You had me at hello

  • @kintaro1851
    @kintaro1851 11 дней назад

    8:55 That moment, when you want to reinstate the Roman Empire

  • @Androcentus
    @Androcentus 24 дня назад +1

    Gladiator, such a great movie...with some visible flaws...Check out this video, 6:12 into it, watch the guy in the center for a second or two...He looks like he was done for the day...just going home...Had a big laugh today...What a flaw for SR caliber...

  • @IOANCHRIST-GODSTEF
    @IOANCHRIST-GODSTEF 2 месяца назад +1

    GLADIUS!⚔️

  • @milastran663
    @milastran663 Месяц назад +1

    Ridley Scott is the master + Hans Zimmer

  • @MrLittletape
    @MrLittletape Месяц назад

    1:06, this part here in Brasil is funny, because sounds like this to us:
    Barabarian Leader: É assim que meu fusca anda! (This is how my vw-beatle drives!)
    Barbarians: VRUUUUUMMMM
    Barbarian Leader: É assim que ele vai parar! (This is how it stops!)

  • @HaythamSharaf_Aldin
    @HaythamSharaf_Aldin Месяц назад +1

    THEY SAY NO!

  • @hardware199
    @hardware199 Месяц назад +2

    1:06 "Ihr seid verfluchte Hunde."

  • @firstandlastname6194
    @firstandlastname6194 7 дней назад

    3:30 must have been standup geared toward horses

  • @moe_syzslak
    @moe_syzslak Месяц назад

    2:45 SF cavalry team briefing. “Drop and/or get Dropped”? Yeh I’m keen