Roman Emperors in the time of Gladiator II

History Tea Time

Lindsay Holiday

History

4.5 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Ridley Scott’s epic historical sequel, Gladiator II promises to be a dramatic and spectacular, if not particularly historically accurate roller-coaster ride through the Roman Empire. And while there are already some excellent videos out there discussing the authenticity of the battle scenes, dramatic deaths and exactly which era saw the flooding of the Colosseum, I want to take a look at something different – the cast of characters and their real historic counterparts. Today let’s explore the family trees which connect the key players, sort out who was real and who was fictional, meet a few fascinating women who did more than wait around to be rescued, and discover everyone’s true fates, which are even more dramatic than Hollywood could come up with. Caution, there will be some spoilers, but I won’t give away the ending of the new film, only what really happened in history. Gladiator I : Marcus Aurelius Commodus The Year of Five Emperors - 193 Pertinax Didius Julianus Pescennius Niger Clodius Albinus Septimius Severus Gladiator II: Caracalla and Geta Macrinus Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History! Check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lindsayholiday Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091781568503 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyteatimelindsayholiday/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@historyteatime Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday and help me make more fascinating episodes! Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell Music: Dragon Rojo by The Mini Vandals #HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHoliday #gladiator2 Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.0	Hello and welcome to history tea time.
0:49.2	I'm Lindsay Holiday and I'm spilling the tea on history.
0:57.0	Roman emperors in the time of Gladiator and Gladiator 2.
1:05.3	Ridley Scott's epic historical sequel, Gladiator 2, promises to be a dramatic and spectacular, if not
1:14.1	particularly accurate, roller coaster ride through ancient Rome. And while there are already
1:19.7	some excellent videos out there discussing the authenticity of battle scenes, dramatic deaths,
1:26.2	and exactly which era saw the flooding of the Coliseum,
1:30.0	I want to take a look at something different. The cast of characters and their real historic
1:35.7	counterparts. Today, let's explore the family trees which connect the key players,
1:42.2	sort out who was real and who was fictional, meet a few fascinating
1:46.8	women who did more than wait around to be rescued, and discover everyone's true fates,
1:53.5	which were even more dramatic than Hollywood could come up with. Caution, there will be spoilers,
1:59.2	but I won't give away the ending of the new film, only what
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