About Historian Reacts to Gladiator II
Historian Dan Snow dives deep into the historical accuracy of Ridley Scott's blockbuster sequel 'Gladiator II'. Ridley famously told Dan to get a life when he questioned the historical accuracy of one of his films - will there continue to be no love lost between the two? In this video Dan unpicks what Gladiator II gets right and what it gets very, very wrong...
Historian Reacts to Gladiator II is presented by History Hit. Its listed runtime is 47 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.
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- Title
- Historian Reacts to Gladiator II
- Category
- Society
- Runtime
- 47 minutes
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- History Hit
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