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Encyclopedia > Gladiator (disambiguation)
Look up gladiator in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Derived from gladius, the Latin for sword, gladiators were professional fighters who fought for entertainment in ancient Rome. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... This article is about the sword. ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Gladiator (disambiguation). ...

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Gladiator

The name Gladiator may refer to:


Films

Gladiator is a 2000 historical action drama film. ... Gladiator is the original soundtrack of the 2000 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film Gladiator starring Russell Crowe (who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Maximus in this film), Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed and Richard Harris. ... Not to be confused with Gladiator (2000 film). ...

Computer Games

Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. ... Gladiator was an arcade game released in 1986 by Taito. ...

Comics and novels

Gladiator is an American science fiction novel first published in 1930 and written by Philip Wylie. ... Hugo Danner is the protagonist of the 1930 novel Gladiator, by Philip Gordon Wylie. ... Gladiator is an American science fiction novel first published in 1930 and written by Philip Wylie. ... Captain America #111 (March 1969): Sterankos signature surrealism. ... Gladiator (Melvin Potter) is a reformed supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Gladiator (Kallark), a. ... For other uses, see Gladiator (disambiguation). ... Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14, 1949) is an American historian and prolific novelist who has written historical fiction, fantasy, and science fiction works. ... Crosstime Traffic is a series of books by Harry Turtledove. ... Alternative history or alternate history can be: A History told from an alternative viewpoint, rather than from the view of imperialist, conqueror, or explorer. ... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ...

Vehicles

The Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle (TUGV) is a remotely operated unmanned ground vehicle employed by the United States Marine Corps. ... Gloster Gladiator photographed in England in 2002 The Gloster Gladiator was a biplane fighter, used by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy, as well as a number of other air forces, during World War II. The aircraft had a top speed of around 414 km/h. ... A Jeep Gladiator equipped with a camper shell. ... HMS Gladiator, was a (second-class or) light cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in December 1896 at Portsmouth. ... This article is about the navy of the United Kingdom. ... The Tugboat Gladiator was built in 1876 and was owned by the Wilmington Towing Company, Wilmington, North Carolina. ... The Gladiator was built in 1876 at St. ...

Music

  • Gladiator (band), a trance act that had a Top 20 hit in the UK with "Now We Are Free"
  • Gladiator Records, a record label

Gladiator Records is an independent Hip Hop record label based in St. ...

Other

  • SA-12 Gladiator, the NATO reporting name for one configuration of the Russian S-300V surface-to-air missile system
  • "The Gladiator", an early ring name of wrestler Mike Awesome

A single S-300-PM missile TEL ready to fire. ... Michael Lee Alfonso (January 24, 1965 – February 17, 2007) better known by his ring name Mike Awesome, was an American professional wrestler best known in America for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and in World Wrestling Entertainment and also in Japan for his work with Frontier...

Gladiators

The plural Gladiators may refer to:


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Gladiator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2220 words)
Gladiators (Latin gladiatores, 'swordsmen') were professional fighters in ancient Rome who fought against each other, wild animals, and slaves, sometimes to the death, for the entertainment of spectators.
A trainer of gladiators or the manager of a team of gladiators was known as a lanista.
Gladiators who managed to win their freedom - often by request of the audience or sponsor - were given a rudis, a symbolic wooden sword, as a memento.
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