Gladiator II: a historian on the real north African kingdom of Numidia – and the men who ruled it
The Battle of Zama by Cornelis Cort (circa 1600). Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Gladiator II opens with a Roman fleet brutally laying siege to a city in the north African kingdom of Numidia. On the big screen we see ships set ablaze by pots of burning oil and defenders impaled by man-sized iron bolts. The so-called barbarian inhabitants are eventually enslaved and carted off back to Rome.
Upon his victory, General Acacius (Pedro Pascal) declares “I claim this city for the glory of Rome, Numidia is no more.” But...
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