Innehåll: Gladiator from screenplay to screen / Jon Solomon -- Gladiator and the traditions of historical cinema / Martin M. Winkler -- Gladiator in historical perspective / Allen M. Ward -- The pedant goes to Hollywood : the role of the academic consultant / Kathleen M. Coleman -- Commodus and the limits of the Roman Empire / Arthur M. Eckstein -- Gladiators and blood sport / David S. Potter -- Gladiator and the colosseum : ambiguities of spectacle / Martin M. Winkler -- The vision of a fascist Rome in gladiator / Arthur J. Pomeroy -- Gladiator and contemporary American society / Monica S. Cyrino -- The politics of Gladiator / Peter W. Rose. The major ancient sources : Cassius Dio on Commodus. The Augustan history : Commodus. Herodian on the Death of Commodus. Aurelius Victor on Commodus