If anyone has read Flagship Hood, chapter: a boy goes to war, when Briggs is going past Nelson and Rodney in a truck to approach the iconic ship (a weering grey monster), while your mum was watching Gladiator at the point of 2.45 onwards, just by accident, will realise how apropriote this music is. Why has no film been made of Britain's last era.
yeah... actually Commodus was an idiot... he thought fighting in the arena will make the people of Rome love him...he sat in his tribune and shot wild beast with arrows...he thought he was a hero and is invincible, but the wild beast didn't had any chances...the people and politicians laugh because of this masquerade and a lot of them were executed because of this. This is the true story of Commodus he actually liked to be considered the best bestiarius
@Dan17800 Like profecy says America is the last must powerful empire in the world . At this times you have to prepare for the big mess , with a loot of courage. you will need it !!! Take care
I don't really like films that create a fictional story around real historical figures. Marcus Aurelius wasn't killed by his son Commodus, and Commodus wasn't killed in the Colosseum during a fight with a gladiator. People watching it are at risk of being led to believe that this is a true story. Apart from that, the film is a masterpiece with a very well written storyline. I've watched it many times and always thoroughly enjoyed.
I imagine how this track is used for a soundtrack of an epic movie about the Punic war. First half as a theme for the passage of the Alps by Hannibal, and the second as a theme of how that news reached Rome.
Zimmer really captures the idea of an all-mighty Roman empire in this track. I get this overwhelming feeling of power, grandeur, mysticism, pride and glory when hearing this. It's beautiful.
ah that glorious empire, fallen to dust by the cultureless barbarians. Imagine if the Roman Empire had survived. Fucking weak emperors led to its downfall and general discontent of the population when christians began to take over. What a tragic loss. A bastion of civilization's fall led to a shroud of darkness and backwardness that would choke europe for centuries. RIP Roman Empire.
@KKZReset11 lmao, what crawled up ur ass fucktard? Why dont you shut the fuck up since you have no fucking clue what I even referred to as the shroud of darkness. And if you're really that dense, Christians were responsible for the fall of the Roman Empire. I obviously don't go around hating Christians for something that happened centuries ago. Two problems: 1.) Im not Jewish 2.) You're fucking retarded for saying so. Go blow your brains out please, you'd be better off without that piece of shit
Romans were pretty backward bro. A thousand years from now, if earth isn't an ocean of pollution, then people will be calling us backward, too. Nothing lasts forever. Ozimandias
@MrShadeviperx Those cultureless barbarians are fathers to todays Germans and Englishmen, the nations that gave us Gauss, Newton, Laplace, Bohr, Shrodinger, Leibniz, Heizenberg and others that outlined the future we are enjoying today
@mappingtheshit After Rome fell, it's well known society fell into disarray for several centuries. Life expectancy dropped dramatically and society was in shambles. Although we picked back up (centuries later) one can't help but wonder what would the world have been like if the Romans continued on at their prime.
@MrShadeviperx You know, after the fall of Rome some cultureless barbarians were able to attain such a high level of culture that was fundamentally different from Rome and of a higher level the Late Roman culture. Their vision on what a state was, was simply different. Christianity was not the downfall, the growing power of the Foederati in the Roman Army was the problem.
@MebefromBelgium Foederati was a last ditch attempt by Diocletian and late Roman emperors during the crisis of the third century. They had no choice but to hire mindless savages to "guard" the frontier. There were too few soldiers and the border was too large. Again, this could have been avoided had the Romans balanced the tax differential between the rich and the poor. Just note how long these barbarians were in the dark ages. It took europe over 1000 years to get back on its feet after Rome.
@MrShadeviperx A balanced tax policy would not have saved the Western Empire. It would have made the gap between rich and poor smaller, but the revenues would continue to drop.
The reason that the crisis began does not have a purely human basis. From the 3rd to the 6th Centuries the climate was much colder in Western Europe. This meant that the revenues from agricultural production would drop, causing the population growth to go negative. (there's more)
The cities (the basis of Roman power) did not get enough food and the wealthy went to their estates. So urban power shrunk too. The pressure on the Roman monetary system did not help much either.
Even though some Emperors were able to stabilize the situation briefly, they could not prevent the long downwards trend.
This did not result in the fall of Rome. It probably would have caused the collapse eventually, but the 'Barbarians' ended the Empire before that happened.(still more)
The Foederati, last ditch attempt and moderately efficient (the Visigoths subdued the Suebi and chased the Vandals until these also gained the Foederati-statute) were the root of the problem. Although, they were mostly loyal to Rome. The fact that these people were in the empire was not really the big issue. They were integrating nicely, their Arianism was a problem, but nothing that couldn't be mended. (It were the Francs who introduced the Roman culture to Germania) (moar)
@MrShade The Foederati, last ditch attempt and moderately efficient (the Visigoths subdued the Suebi and chased the Vandals until these also gained the Foederati-statute) were the root of the problem. Although, they were mostly loyal to Rome. The fact that these people were in the empire was not really the big issue. They were integrating nicely, their Arianism was a problem, but nothing that couldn't be mended. (It were the Francs who introduced the Roman culture to Germania) (moar)
@MrShade The problem was the shrinking power of the emperor and the growing power of the General of the Roman Army who was from the beginning of the 5th century on always from Foederati descend
When Odoakar send Romulus Augustus away to a cloister, it wasn't because he didn't want the Roman empire to end, no, his rule and especially his successor Theodoric's rule brought a new golden period to Italy that saw the restoration of Roman monuments and the construction of new buildings in Roman style
@MrShade Odoakar send the Western Roman Emperor away because he had no use, but as a formality. A job the Eastern Roman Emperor could do nicely. (and he didn't need to be raised and fed by Odoakar)
It was the Eastern Roman Empire that destroyed more of what was left of Rome after the fall of the Empire during the Goth Wars.
@MrShade Odoakar send the Western Roman Emperor away because he had no use, but as a formality. A job the Eastern Roman Emperor could do nicely. (and he didn't need to be raised and fed by Odoakar)
It was the Eastern Roman Empire that destroyed more of what was left of Rome after the fall of the Empire during the Goth Wars.
@MrShade When climate got better again the cities re-arose and an age of great prosperity began (from the 7th century to the 13th (the 14th was the century of disasters). But by that time the central authority had lost much of it's power. It wasn't so much of an anarchy, but the power was dispersed in many levels and many different hands. From the Renaissance of the 12th century on central government began to pull power towards it again
@MrShade (in France, the German Empire would lose the Reichskirche-system in the Investiture Controversy and England had a strong centralized monarchy since Alfred the Great in the 7th century). This means that society got on it's feet not in 1000 years, but in around 300-500 years.
Your idea's about history are in dire need of an update, some things you say are seriously dated.
That's all I had to say, I shall no longer reply to reactions (except when they're insulting). To keep the peace.
@MebefromBelgium wow, talk about chickening out. When the upper class in your country doesn't pay taxes, trust me the effects are noticeable. There's a difference between a prosperous nation and one that merely exists, learn the difference. Don't attempt to lecture me. And again, all you're doing now is turning tail like the inadequately endowed fool you are.
@MrShadeviperx And now you're insulting me. It's plain to me: you are by all standards someone who desperately wants to be right. Your vision must be the only correct one. Another vision is retarded. Because of that attitude you're the retard.
@MebefromBelgium OOh, someone's getting a bit emotional. You run your mouth off, acting your version of history is better than mine. Drop the act, you say my version of history is dated? Get real, you're being retarded and hypocritical; don't insult others if you don't want to be insulted in return.
@MrShadeviperx It is dated, the Middle Ages were not the most prosperous of eras but not the 'worst' either. get real you say, but you defend the idea that Christianity destroyed Rome for which there is no actual proof. The main reason of Rome's downfall was the climate that got colder and wetter and the Roman economy could not cope.
Get real, you say, but you think that if the Roman wealthy had payed more taxes an empire of that size with so many costs could have been saved? Honestly? Get real
@MebefromBelgium wow, and you say my history is dated? Do you have any idea how antiquated the idea that there was a single cause for Rome's fall is? Contemporary historians point out that there were a variety of reasons for Rome's fall and believe it or not, Christianity was one of them. You are the provincial one here, there is no "main" reason. You know nothing of Rome's economic troubles in the 3rd and 4th centuries.
@MrShadeviperx Aha you little boy, but you have forgotten, just like you I did not state that there is only one reason and with 'main' I always mean the one that has most influence and with all good will in the world Christianity, or more like the money spend on the prosecution will not have had such a great impact as the weather. (and I said before: the Barbarians sped up the process)
So no I'm not the provincial one here, besides Pirenne is also dated, but people still call him brilliant.
@MebefromBelgium That was a pretty sloppy comment. We're never going to agree clearly, I will never acknowledge weather as the "main" reason for Rome's downfall. You may as well say that the lead cups the Roman emperors caused them to go batshit crazy and fuck up their empire.
@MrShadeviperx And why not? It is known that the climate got worse in the 3rd Century, got better in the 7th (the 'crisis' of the 9th century did not have a repercussion on the agriculture of most of Europe, Vikings didn't get far from rivers and sea and the Maygars didn't manage to burn all the crops in the German Empire and it went so well the Christians managed to go on cursade), and got worse again in the 14th. There was again a food shortage which helped the black death greatly
@MrShadeviperx I wouldn't say that lead could have caused Rome's fall because it's always poisonous and there is nothing to suggest that the Emperors who did well were immune (if that was possible) And besides, a lead cup? For an emperor? Most of them wouldn't even have wanted such a 'low' metal.
@MebefromBelgium most cups had some level of lead in them, even the emperor's cups. My political science professor naively asserted that this was the principle cause for the fall of Rome.
@MrShadeviperx I assumed you talked about cups uniquely made out of lead. It makes sense, economically, to use lead in the cups: it's cheaper without giving such an appearance.
Still the doses must have been too low. In the 18th century women put white lead powder on their faces as make up, the doses were much higher and the skin suffered terribly, but these women didn't go rampantly insane.
(A crazy emperor would have been killed quickly in the 4th and 5th centuries anyway)
@MebefromBelgium well i see our argument here has turned into a pleasant discussion. Well, think of it this way- the lead taken in via drinking goes directly into the blood stream directly; make up is either washed off and I would imagine capable only of damaging the skin surface.
@MrShade True, but it is possible that the lead applied to the face enters the body. Some research pointed out that madness isn't even a symptom of lead poisoning at all. The neurological problems caused by lead poisoning are a reduced IQ, nausea, abdominal pain, irritability, insomnia, (...) and, in extreme cases, seizure and coma. However lead was in massive use in the water supply, and that is the origin of the hypothesis, which is refuted by Dr. A. Trevor Hodge in his book about the subject.
@MebefromBelgium are you smoking something? ever heard of the crisis of the 9th century, the Annals of Xanten? Recap for ya: magyar invasions, scandinavian raiders, muslims battering the mediterranean coast, etc. After Charlemagne, his sons' kingdoms fragmented to the point where they were useless and feudalism was institutionalized to keep Europe from utter chaos. There were no surpluses till the early 1000s and population did rise, and yet it got cut in half thanks to the black death.
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the nex
@houbapl My name is Jacobus Venator Impuratus, Legionary of the Armies of the West, Sergeant of the Kaze Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Anethi Interfectorum. Father to a murdered daughter, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengance in this life or the next.
At least to me this is the greatest movie soundtrack of all time...I was brought to tears the 1st time I heard it....this in my opinion is Hans Zimmers best!
@LightYagame100000 no, i disagree with you. They are two of the same genres bitch. FUCK YOU! SHUT THE FUCK UP! YOU DID IT! YOU DISLIKED IT! SUCK MY FUCK BEARD THAT I GROW ON MY COCK!
I hate hollywood for it's superficial depiction of false heroism, like in transformers etc..where the good guys always win in a childish way.
But Gladiator is the exception because it is in essence a tragedy; the hero dies. hollywood has for once struck the right mix of emotions: sorrow, fear, and glory. That's why this film is Epic.
@ESsDp those are superhero movies, based on comics, childish heroism is the idea. Who the fuck would want spiderman 2 die ? lol Gladiator is more reality based, and thus far superior in many ways, true, but movies based on comics have their own beauty.
love this film, i mean its aloada crap historically but oh dear it is one of the best i have ever seen. specially loving the praetorian guard uniforms on this:D
Ab 3:01-4:00 verwendet Zimmer Takte von Schaffen Richard Wagner (Siegfrieds Trauermarsch) steigert sie aber zu einem erhebenderen Abschluß, trotzdem mit tiefen Eindruck auf mein Inneres
The music is quite beuatiful, but is also significantly reminiscent of Wagner, specifically that of the Ring Saga (not LOTR). That music was used in the surreal Excalibur movie of the 1980s.
somewhere in the movie there is a song wich just sounds like the song "matrix of leaderskip" from transformers revenge of the fallen, does anyone know wich song that is ?
@rucsok15 Ul prob think im crazy, but the Bible actually predicts that the Roman Empire will come back again towards the end of the world. Some think that the European Union and the way it contains seperate nations that used to be provinces of Rome is the fulfilment of this. Its headquarters are shaped like a Colloseum!
@healylegend07 You are not crazy, the bible predicted my ancestor's rise to power in the propechy of Daniel, as I am sure you know. However, understand, that these resurrections of the Roman Empire are/were not lead by a Roman descendant. Look at the 3rd Riech and you'll see an attempt by Hitler to copy the Romans & the Legion. As well as Napoleon & Charlemene. They were not of the Roman bloodlines. I believe there is only one last resurrection attempt left.
@healylegend07 As a Roman descendant, I am disgraced by these attempts to resurrect the once great Empire of my ancestors and besmirch their name. The world only seems to recall our decadence and thrist for blood in the latter days of the Empire. However, many do not realize, when we were a small tribe ; We were a very moral and upright people. So much so that the Greeks thought ill of us b/c we did not engage in the many "libralities" they were accustomed to.
@healylegend07 Lastly & please forgive my dissertation. As a nation grows in wealth, power and prestige it tends to forget the ethics and morals that took them to that position. Corruption sets in & like glaucoma, blinds its very people from who they once were. Once the origin is forgotten, their demise begins. Many think the gothic tribes brought us to an end but I tell you NO. WE destroyed ourselves. Take note America! Learn from my ancestors or the same fate shall befall you! Thank you.
@bookercreator its not the blood its the attitude and style/ way of character. being born with the blood isnt skill its all super luck, but being a roman thats actual skill since you choose that way of acting
Roughly, at 3:00 onward, the influence of Wagner, especially the Wagner of Das Rheingold is evident in the score. That's fine. Wagner's music is appropriate to invoke the power of ancient Rome.
amazing, beautiful, powerful music in this movie. i especially love this song, it's the one that's played as the Emperor goes through the crowds on his chariot, matches perfectly with this music.
@jokerscommander. Don't forget Lisa Gerrard - she collaborated with Zimmer on the music and she also wrote (and sang) the main theme - "Now We Are Free"!!
@KoKnYurAzz Gay? Well gays like you fuck ech others in the ass, wheil real men battle for something called honor" Something only men with balls understand.
This has to top my list for "Film of the Century" i dont care how good the special effects get, Russel Crow is just a fucking epic man for these types of movies! This is epic, Robin Hood is epic its all epic!
@joebong76 dont forget crow in 3:10 to yuma.. that movie also was a good movie.. thoe not any where close to this epic movie.. I would put this even better then star wars... star wars may be the best all time series of movies followed probably by harry potter then pirates. but gladiator is the best single movie today.. even better then batman
Fan-fucking-tastic! Epic movie, probably my favorite ever. Crowe is brilliant, he didn't play Maximus, he WAS Maximus. I repeat, FUCKING FANTASTIC FILM!
Last era, so far...
CLVASHJBHWFS 1 month ago
If anyone has read Flagship Hood, chapter: a boy goes to war, when Briggs is going past Nelson and Rodney in a truck to approach the iconic ship (a weering grey monster), while your mum was watching Gladiator at the point of 2.45 onwards, just by accident, will realise how apropriote this music is. Why has no film been made of Britain's last era.
CLVASHJBHWFS 1 month ago
@CLVASHJBHWFS Last era, so far...
CLVASHJBHWFS 1 month ago
I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.
scarface1999 1 month ago
Dammit I watched to watch the whole ad video because i was scared to skip Chuck Norris. GOD DAMMIT YOUTUBE. yu try to intimidate me to watch ad!!?!?
Fryatuk 1 month ago
4:28 is orgasmic!
gregdavids 1 month ago
yeah... actually Commodus was an idiot... he thought fighting in the arena will make the people of Rome love him...he sat in his tribune and shot wild beast with arrows...he thought he was a hero and is invincible, but the wild beast didn't had any chances...the people and politicians laugh because of this masquerade and a lot of them were executed because of this. This is the true story of Commodus he actually liked to be considered the best bestiarius
1bobo92 2 months ago
Gloria evanuit ab Roma- ... perpetuum ?!
tarek2022 2 months ago
@Dan17800 Like profecy says America is the last must powerful empire in the world . At this times you have to prepare for the big mess , with a loot of courage. you will need it !!! Take care
LORD0fPEACE 2 months ago
I don't really like films that create a fictional story around real historical figures. Marcus Aurelius wasn't killed by his son Commodus, and Commodus wasn't killed in the Colosseum during a fight with a gladiator. People watching it are at risk of being led to believe that this is a true story. Apart from that, the film is a masterpiece with a very well written storyline. I've watched it many times and always thoroughly enjoyed.
istvanklein 3 months ago 3
@istvanklein So true, I hate the way we English are shown in Braveheart, but Gladiator is an awesome film.
MrAlcoholic94 2 months ago
Im making shit in toilet to this music... it goes faster....
TibianBotter 4 months ago 21
@TibianBotter same....
scrumpyDUBSTIFY 1 month ago
@TibianBotter HAHAHAAHAHHAAHHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Mamutic95 1 month ago
3:10 is the scene when commodus is entering rome in the chariot, epic music
Bodicman 4 months ago
ESsDp shut up tranformers rock
fowl37 4 months ago
@fowl37
WillemDafoeismyuncle 3 months ago
Just imagine, all those men in the arena might have been just like Maximus.
Javelin09 4 months ago
I imagine how this track is used for a soundtrack of an epic movie about the Punic war. First half as a theme for the passage of the Alps by Hannibal, and the second as a theme of how that news reached Rome.
BulgAryan1982 5 months ago 2
best fight ever would have been Maximus, Spartacus and Crexus all fighting each other.
Chrisorr 6 months ago
4.39 made me really sad. It looks like if the enormous glorious of Rome showed by the power of the music before is going to fall down on Middle ages.
Taurimenio 6 months ago
Zimmer really captures the idea of an all-mighty Roman empire in this track. I get this overwhelming feeling of power, grandeur, mysticism, pride and glory when hearing this. It's beautiful.
smo699 6 months ago
There was a dream that was Rome.
mappingtheshit 6 months ago 39
@mappingtheshit There was a dream that was America.........
CosmicTopSecret 4 weeks ago 3
@CosmicTopSecret There was a dream that was the Aztec Empire!
nmgscp 1 week ago
ah that glorious empire, fallen to dust by the cultureless barbarians. Imagine if the Roman Empire had survived. Fucking weak emperors led to its downfall and general discontent of the population when christians began to take over. What a tragic loss. A bastion of civilization's fall led to a shroud of darkness and backwardness that would choke europe for centuries. RIP Roman Empire.
MrShadeviperx 6 months ago
@MrShadeviperx Lol shut the fuck up you fucking narrow minded Jew. "Shroud of Darkness". Fukin moron. You deserved to be crucified.
KKZReset11 6 months ago
@KKZReset11 lmao, what crawled up ur ass fucktard? Why dont you shut the fuck up since you have no fucking clue what I even referred to as the shroud of darkness. And if you're really that dense, Christians were responsible for the fall of the Roman Empire. I obviously don't go around hating Christians for something that happened centuries ago. Two problems: 1.) Im not Jewish 2.) You're fucking retarded for saying so. Go blow your brains out please, you'd be better off without that piece of shit
MrShadeviperx 6 months ago
@KKZReset11 well there is a reason why they call it the "dark ages" right after the Roman Empire collapsed :P
KILLER7TT 5 months ago
@KILLER7TT Man, no actual serious historian agree with the 'dark ages' denomination.
IrianZamJaya 4 months ago
@MrShadeviperx
Romans were pretty backward bro. A thousand years from now, if earth isn't an ocean of pollution, then people will be calling us backward, too. Nothing lasts forever. Ozimandias
jdawggie28 6 months ago in playlist Gladiator Soundtrack
@MrShadeviperx Those cultureless barbarians are fathers to todays Germans and Englishmen, the nations that gave us Gauss, Newton, Laplace, Bohr, Shrodinger, Leibniz, Heizenberg and others that outlined the future we are enjoying today
mappingtheshit 6 months ago 4
@mappingtheshit After Rome fell, it's well known society fell into disarray for several centuries. Life expectancy dropped dramatically and society was in shambles. Although we picked back up (centuries later) one can't help but wonder what would the world have been like if the Romans continued on at their prime.
MrShadeviperx 6 months ago
@MrShadeviperx You know, after the fall of Rome some cultureless barbarians were able to attain such a high level of culture that was fundamentally different from Rome and of a higher level the Late Roman culture. Their vision on what a state was, was simply different. Christianity was not the downfall, the growing power of the Foederati in the Roman Army was the problem.
MebefromBelgium 2 months ago
@MebefromBelgium Foederati was a last ditch attempt by Diocletian and late Roman emperors during the crisis of the third century. They had no choice but to hire mindless savages to "guard" the frontier. There were too few soldiers and the border was too large. Again, this could have been avoided had the Romans balanced the tax differential between the rich and the poor. Just note how long these barbarians were in the dark ages. It took europe over 1000 years to get back on its feet after Rome.
MrShadeviperx 2 months ago
@MrShadeviperx A balanced tax policy would not have saved the Western Empire. It would have made the gap between rich and poor smaller, but the revenues would continue to drop.
The reason that the crisis began does not have a purely human basis. From the 3rd to the 6th Centuries the climate was much colder in Western Europe. This meant that the revenues from agricultural production would drop, causing the population growth to go negative. (there's more)
MebefromBelgium 2 months ago
The cities (the basis of Roman power) did not get enough food and the wealthy went to their estates. So urban power shrunk too. The pressure on the Roman monetary system did not help much either.
Even though some Emperors were able to stabilize the situation briefly, they could not prevent the long downwards trend.
This did not result in the fall of Rome. It probably would have caused the collapse eventually, but the 'Barbarians' ended the Empire before that happened.(still more)
MebefromBelgium 2 months ago
The Foederati, last ditch attempt and moderately efficient (the Visigoths subdued the Suebi and chased the Vandals until these also gained the Foederati-statute) were the root of the problem. Although, they were mostly loyal to Rome. The fact that these people were in the empire was not really the big issue. They were integrating nicely, their Arianism was a problem, but nothing that couldn't be mended. (It were the Francs who introduced the Roman culture to Germania) (moar)
MebefromBelgium 2 months ago
@MrShade The Foederati, last ditch attempt and moderately efficient (the Visigoths subdued the Suebi and chased the Vandals until these also gained the Foederati-statute) were the root of the problem. Although, they were mostly loyal to Rome. The fact that these people were in the empire was not really the big issue. They were integrating nicely, their Arianism was a problem, but nothing that couldn't be mended. (It were the Francs who introduced the Roman culture to Germania) (moar)
MebefromBelgium 2 months ago
@MrShade The problem was the shrinking power of the emperor and the growing power of the General of the Roman Army who was from the beginning of the 5th century on always from Foederati descend
When Odoakar send Romulus Augustus away to a cloister, it wasn't because he didn't want the Roman empire to end, no, his rule and especially his successor Theodoric's rule brought a new golden period to Italy that saw the restoration of Roman monuments and the construction of new buildings in Roman style
MebefromBelgium 2 months ago
@MrShade Odoakar send the Western Roman Emperor away because he had no use, but as a formality. A job the Eastern Roman Emperor could do nicely. (and he didn't need to be raised and fed by Odoakar)
It was the Eastern Roman Empire that destroyed more of what was left of Rome after the fall of the Empire during the Goth Wars.
MebefromBelgium 2 months ago
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@MrShade Odoakar send the Western Roman Emperor away because he had no use, but as a formality. A job the Eastern Roman Emperor could do nicely. (and he didn't need to be raised and fed by Odoakar)
It was the Eastern Roman Empire that destroyed more of what was left of Rome after the fall of the Empire during the Goth Wars.
MebefromBelgium 2 months ago
@MrShade When climate got better again the cities re-arose and an age of great prosperity began (from the 7th century to the 13th (the 14th was the century of disasters). But by that time the central authority had lost much of it's power. It wasn't so much of an anarchy, but the power was dispersed in many levels and many different hands. From the Renaissance of the 12th century on central government began to pull power towards it again
MebefromBelgium 2 months ago
@MrShade (in France, the German Empire would lose the Reichskirche-system in the Investiture Controversy and England had a strong centralized monarchy since Alfred the Great in the 7th century). This means that society got on it's feet not in 1000 years, but in around 300-500 years.
Your idea's about history are in dire need of an update, some things you say are seriously dated.
That's all I had to say, I shall no longer reply to reactions (except when they're insulting). To keep the peace.
MebefromBelgium 2 months ago
@MebefromBelgium wow, talk about chickening out. When the upper class in your country doesn't pay taxes, trust me the effects are noticeable. There's a difference between a prosperous nation and one that merely exists, learn the difference. Don't attempt to lecture me. And again, all you're doing now is turning tail like the inadequately endowed fool you are.
MrShadeviperx 2 months ago
@MrShadeviperx And now you're insulting me. It's plain to me: you are by all standards someone who desperately wants to be right. Your vision must be the only correct one. Another vision is retarded. Because of that attitude you're the retard.
MebefromBelgium 1 month ago
@MebefromBelgium OOh, someone's getting a bit emotional. You run your mouth off, acting your version of history is better than mine. Drop the act, you say my version of history is dated? Get real, you're being retarded and hypocritical; don't insult others if you don't want to be insulted in return.
MrShadeviperx 1 month ago
@MrShadeviperx It is dated, the Middle Ages were not the most prosperous of eras but not the 'worst' either. get real you say, but you defend the idea that Christianity destroyed Rome for which there is no actual proof. The main reason of Rome's downfall was the climate that got colder and wetter and the Roman economy could not cope.
Get real, you say, but you think that if the Roman wealthy had payed more taxes an empire of that size with so many costs could have been saved? Honestly? Get real
MebefromBelgium 1 month ago
@MebefromBelgium wow, and you say my history is dated? Do you have any idea how antiquated the idea that there was a single cause for Rome's fall is? Contemporary historians point out that there were a variety of reasons for Rome's fall and believe it or not, Christianity was one of them. You are the provincial one here, there is no "main" reason. You know nothing of Rome's economic troubles in the 3rd and 4th centuries.
MrShadeviperx 1 month ago
@MrShadeviperx Aha you little boy, but you have forgotten, just like you I did not state that there is only one reason and with 'main' I always mean the one that has most influence and with all good will in the world Christianity, or more like the money spend on the prosecution will not have had such a great impact as the weather. (and I said before: the Barbarians sped up the process)
So no I'm not the provincial one here, besides Pirenne is also dated, but people still call him brilliant.
MebefromBelgium 1 month ago
@MebefromBelgium That was a pretty sloppy comment. We're never going to agree clearly, I will never acknowledge weather as the "main" reason for Rome's downfall. You may as well say that the lead cups the Roman emperors caused them to go batshit crazy and fuck up their empire.
MrShadeviperx 1 month ago
@MrShadeviperx And why not? It is known that the climate got worse in the 3rd Century, got better in the 7th (the 'crisis' of the 9th century did not have a repercussion on the agriculture of most of Europe, Vikings didn't get far from rivers and sea and the Maygars didn't manage to burn all the crops in the German Empire and it went so well the Christians managed to go on cursade), and got worse again in the 14th. There was again a food shortage which helped the black death greatly
MebefromBelgium 1 month ago
@MrShadeviperx I wouldn't say that lead could have caused Rome's fall because it's always poisonous and there is nothing to suggest that the Emperors who did well were immune (if that was possible) And besides, a lead cup? For an emperor? Most of them wouldn't even have wanted such a 'low' metal.
MebefromBelgium 1 month ago
@MebefromBelgium most cups had some level of lead in them, even the emperor's cups. My political science professor naively asserted that this was the principle cause for the fall of Rome.
MrShadeviperx 1 month ago
@MrShadeviperx I assumed you talked about cups uniquely made out of lead. It makes sense, economically, to use lead in the cups: it's cheaper without giving such an appearance.
Still the doses must have been too low. In the 18th century women put white lead powder on their faces as make up, the doses were much higher and the skin suffered terribly, but these women didn't go rampantly insane.
(A crazy emperor would have been killed quickly in the 4th and 5th centuries anyway)
MebefromBelgium 1 month ago
@MebefromBelgium well i see our argument here has turned into a pleasant discussion. Well, think of it this way- the lead taken in via drinking goes directly into the blood stream directly; make up is either washed off and I would imagine capable only of damaging the skin surface.
MrShadeviperx 1 month ago
@MrShade True, but it is possible that the lead applied to the face enters the body. Some research pointed out that madness isn't even a symptom of lead poisoning at all. The neurological problems caused by lead poisoning are a reduced IQ, nausea, abdominal pain, irritability, insomnia, (...) and, in extreme cases, seizure and coma. However lead was in massive use in the water supply, and that is the origin of the hypothesis, which is refuted by Dr. A. Trevor Hodge in his book about the subject.
MebefromBelgium 1 month ago
@MebefromBelgium are you smoking something? ever heard of the crisis of the 9th century, the Annals of Xanten? Recap for ya: magyar invasions, scandinavian raiders, muslims battering the mediterranean coast, etc. After Charlemagne, his sons' kingdoms fragmented to the point where they were useless and feudalism was institutionalized to keep Europe from utter chaos. There were no surpluses till the early 1000s and population did rise, and yet it got cut in half thanks to the black death.
MrShadeviperx 2 months ago
@MebefromBelgium Are you forgetting about the Vandals who periodically sacked Italy and made off to Northern Africa with statues, gold, jewels, etc.?
MrShadeviperx 2 months ago
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the nex
houbapl 7 months ago
@houbapl My name is Jacobus Venator Impuratus, Legionary of the Armies of the West, Sergeant of the Kaze Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Anethi Interfectorum. Father to a murdered daughter, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengance in this life or the next.
bookercreator 7 months ago
@houbapl nice to meet u.
47flamenco 6 months ago
I want to face him!!
neeltje96 7 months ago
10 people are forced to suck dick during this music
KyllerSza 7 months ago
@KyllerSza fail
211Chosenone 6 months ago
@211Chosenone
Hahahahaha
TROLLERSDELIGHT 6 months ago
GUYS WHAAT THE FUCK IN ALL SOUNDDTRACKS OF HANS ZIMMER THERE IS A MOMENT WHEN U FEEL POWER OF THE SONG, ITS LIKE I DONT KNOW!!
TibianBotter 7 months ago
FUCK ME 2:23 IS BADASSS BADDD FUCKING ASS HAHA
TibianBotter 7 months ago
This song is......badass.
capnhawkins 7 months ago
nice work wagner
AClumsySheep 8 months ago
´10 guys wet themselves before entering the arena.
oscareightyfour 8 months ago
At least to me this is the greatest movie soundtrack of all time...I was brought to tears the 1st time I heard it....this in my opinion is Hans Zimmers best!
jdpicher 8 months ago
This score exudes power... you can feel it. My favorite of the soundtrack.
c44LuWanda 8 months ago
*snore*
321noone 8 months ago
wow this amazing! you can visualize everything just by listening! I'd I've never even seen the movie!
prewriter14 8 months ago
@Zhi8606
What is a Gladoator?
Myles0Harcourt 8 months ago
Jewish Rome!!!
yakudza1988 8 months ago
LEGIONARIES! MARCH!
NikoBomber 8 months ago
This is wonderful Gladiator was a great movie with music written by a great conductor the video is good
mmadonna62341 8 months ago
i made 10 accounts to dislike this
wait what i didnt
it was sponge bob
kill him
dekiller251 8 months ago
....
8sacramento8 8 months ago
Spartacus made 10 accounts to dislike this :D
LightYagame100000 8 months ago in playlist Epic ...
@LightYagame100000 no, i disagree with you. They are two of the same genres bitch. FUCK YOU! SHUT THE FUCK UP! YOU DID IT! YOU DISLIKED IT! SUCK MY FUCK BEARD THAT I GROW ON MY COCK!
MajorAALAN 8 months ago
@MajorAALAN Very immature..D: you probs dont have a beard on your dick and you are 11 years old..stop whinning like a baby
callos1232 8 months ago
@callos1232 what? what are you talking abou? i love this son? and you're wrong im 25.
MajorAALAN 8 months ago
Commodus made 10 accounts to dislike.
Bodicman 9 months ago
seriously the only two men who could face Maximus in the arena would be Chuck Norris or Bruce Lee.
They wouldn't survive.
ConsurgoTitanus 9 months ago
Hans Zimmer is truely great he has made so many great pieces
mmadonna62341 9 months ago
Alea iacta est
rahl182 9 months ago
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shame european people are being brainwashed by zionist propaganda nowadays
SUISElSEKI 9 months ago
towards the middle this sounds like the Avatar soundtrack when he gathers the people together. seriously weird :)
Kroenen117 9 months ago
Oh. My. God. How have I gone my whole life without this song?
luckylola217 10 months ago
I hate hollywood for it's superficial depiction of false heroism, like in transformers etc..where the good guys always win in a childish way.
But Gladiator is the exception because it is in essence a tragedy; the hero dies. hollywood has for once struck the right mix of emotions: sorrow, fear, and glory. That's why this film is Epic.
ESsDp 10 months ago 112
@ESsDp Thanks for giving away the ending:P
Benjefwil 6 months ago
@ESsDp those are superhero movies, based on comics, childish heroism is the idea. Who the fuck would want spiderman 2 die ? lol Gladiator is more reality based, and thus far superior in many ways, true, but movies based on comics have their own beauty.
LightYagame100000 5 months ago in playlist Epic ...
@ESsDp Its not Hollywood you should credit but the director and who was actually responsible. Down with executive meddling!
philipmarie1854 4 months ago
@ESsDp Gladiator is not a Hollywood film
the director is from England
datsyuk134life 2 months ago 4
10 will be slain in the arena!!!!!
bigqman123 10 months ago 2
love this film, i mean its aloada crap historically but oh dear it is one of the best i have ever seen. specially loving the praetorian guard uniforms on this:D
lokna 10 months ago
is this copyrighted PLS REPLY
chris96ar 10 months ago
rome is a world wonder
SUISElSEKI 10 months ago 2
Truly great music....
GutsuBerserk 10 months ago
la gloria...........
TODI71 10 months ago
When hope as gone music is there to remind you how resist against strokes of life
pipo96582 10 months ago
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Hicks666 10 months ago
Beauty really begins from 2:46 and on....<3
dulcetentaccion 10 months ago
Mighty fine.
cosmicdingo 10 months ago
Strength and honnor.......
aadbind64 10 months ago
I see 10 deaf people.
ShowlMe 11 months ago
Ab 3:01-4:00 verwendet Zimmer Takte von Schaffen Richard Wagner (Siegfrieds Trauermarsch) steigert sie aber zu einem erhebenderen Abschluß, trotzdem mit tiefen Eindruck auf mein Inneres
SuperAlkibiades 11 months ago
9 guys want to face Maximus in the arena!!!!!
petitpoucet100 11 months ago 75
@petitpoucet100 lol 9 guys obviously havent seen the movie, and know whats in store for them.
Specialized1989 10 months ago
@petitpoucet100 I would face him in the arena, what a way to go but I do love this music
britneyonpot 7 months ago
@petitpoucet100 next thing you know, they died and maximus won :P
TheLordmephiles 6 months ago
@petitpoucet100 Make that 12!
TheTruthGardian 4 months ago
@petitpoucet100´Who wasn´t want a great full death?
multidarwin18 3 months ago
chicago hockey team
4JEMZ 11 months ago
i only like it cuz it the blackhawks opening song for the first 2:40
4JEMZ 11 months ago
@4JEMZ whats blackhawks? not the chopper surely?
DnBDaily 11 months ago
@DnBDaily The movie blackhawk down
sGtHarDKorE 11 months ago
What happens in life...echoes for eternity
tpease31 11 months ago
The music is quite beuatiful, but is also significantly reminiscent of Wagner, specifically that of the Ring Saga (not LOTR). That music was used in the surreal Excalibur movie of the 1980s.
TNBeyer 1 year ago
All great nations have risen and fallen. Just the belief in the greatness of that nation has died. The people remain.
MyNate69 1 year ago
best movie ever made the songs n the movie are breathtaking and i've seen it now like 65times i think and i wont get tiered of watching it!!!
Strength and Honor
GMMer666 1 year ago 2
somewhere in the movie there is a song wich just sounds like the song "matrix of leaderskip" from transformers revenge of the fallen, does anyone know wich song that is ?
ltrmstrfn1234 1 year ago
I got too absorbed in that moment, I see I made some simple spelling errors. LOL. Ah well, good thing this is just YouTube & not a college thesis :p
Praetorian107 1 year ago
what if the roman empire didnt collapse? just imagine how the current world would look like. space travel, i guess.
damn im obsessed by these "what if" questions.
rucsok15 1 year ago
@rucsok15 Ul prob think im crazy, but the Bible actually predicts that the Roman Empire will come back again towards the end of the world. Some think that the European Union and the way it contains seperate nations that used to be provinces of Rome is the fulfilment of this. Its headquarters are shaped like a Colloseum!
healylegend07 1 year ago
@healylegend07 You are not crazy, the bible predicted my ancestor's rise to power in the propechy of Daniel, as I am sure you know. However, understand, that these resurrections of the Roman Empire are/were not lead by a Roman descendant. Look at the 3rd Riech and you'll see an attempt by Hitler to copy the Romans & the Legion. As well as Napoleon & Charlemene. They were not of the Roman bloodlines. I believe there is only one last resurrection attempt left.
Praetorian107 1 year ago
@healylegend07 As a Roman descendant, I am disgraced by these attempts to resurrect the once great Empire of my ancestors and besmirch their name. The world only seems to recall our decadence and thrist for blood in the latter days of the Empire. However, many do not realize, when we were a small tribe ; We were a very moral and upright people. So much so that the Greeks thought ill of us b/c we did not engage in the many "libralities" they were accustomed to.
Praetorian107 1 year ago
@healylegend07 Lastly & please forgive my dissertation. As a nation grows in wealth, power and prestige it tends to forget the ethics and morals that took them to that position. Corruption sets in & like glaucoma, blinds its very people from who they once were. Once the origin is forgotten, their demise begins. Many think the gothic tribes brought us to an end but I tell you NO. WE destroyed ourselves. Take note America! Learn from my ancestors or the same fate shall befall you! Thank you.
Praetorian107 1 year ago 3
@Praetorian107 one thing is for sure, all civilizations will fall! Everything at some moment in time will come to an end.
rolo6rolo 1 year ago
@Praetorian107 What is wrong with you? You aren't from Rome or even Italy!
Ascensiam 1 year ago
@Ascensiam Because my family immigrated to America, im less Roman? STFU, you are a disgrace to our people.
Praetorian107 7 months ago
@Praetorian107 are you born in Rome?
Ascensiam 7 months ago
@Ascensiam Its the blood that counts, mate.
bookercreator 7 months ago
@bookercreator its not the blood its the attitude and style/ way of character. being born with the blood isnt skill its all super luck, but being a roman thats actual skill since you choose that way of acting
anessone 6 months ago
Truly glorious.
capnhawkins 1 year ago
*deep echoing voice* - "BADASS!!!!!!!!!!!!"
capnhawkins 1 year ago
Brutal !
ZoxVux 1 year ago
this song sounds like a song in The last Samurai
thunderbird654 1 year ago
EXPLOREDIA,com
MegaGameGuide 1 year ago
Roughly, at 3:00 onward, the influence of Wagner, especially the Wagner of Das Rheingold is evident in the score. That's fine. Wagner's music is appropriate to invoke the power of ancient Rome.
tobiasR2001 1 year ago
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rwood221 1 year ago
@tobiasR2001
Wordddddddd son!
Dis song is sic as fuk
rwood221 1 year ago 2
@rwood221
yup same great composer hans zimmer's score is amazing!
pancreas4online 1 year ago
amazing, beautiful, powerful music in this movie. i especially love this song, it's the one that's played as the Emperor goes through the crowds on his chariot, matches perfectly with this music.
wadoryu2u 1 year ago
Roma e victorious :) ancient rome ruuulez
zesusdk 1 year ago
@zesusdk roma e victorious??? ROMA VICTOR....
dayidify 1 year ago
The epicness glitched up my computer, no joke!
MKReQuIeM 1 year ago 3
john williams aswell
ChiddsVids 1 year ago
The Latin Chorus at the end made me really sad.
Taurimenio 1 year ago
lovely,lovely
kkbenzophile1 1 year ago
HANS ZIMMER IS THE MAN AGREED?
jokerscommander 1 year ago 150
@jokerscommander. Don't forget Lisa Gerrard - she collaborated with Zimmer on the music and she also wrote (and sang) the main theme - "Now We Are Free"!!
ScrumptiousStrat 1 year ago 5
@jokerscommander Disagree Hans Zimmer isnt a mortal man he is a GOD!
ImperialGuard9001 11 months ago
Rome Rulezz! ! ! !
AnbuDunadan93 1 year ago 2
Gladiator is one of the best movies only a few movies are so good an will so good
FuerstImrahil 1 year ago
i wanna know the swords and sandals 3 music
Pupusti 1 year ago
Dynamic music man
UltimatePower119 1 year ago
gay
KoKnYurAzz 1 year ago
@KoKnYurAzz
Immature and ignorant....Do you really have nothing better to post?
Ble3dTh3Freak 1 year ago
@KoKnYurAzz Gay? Well gays like you fuck ech others in the ass, wheil real men battle for something called honor" Something only men with balls understand.
ModerSverige 1 year ago
@ModerSverige yer swedish wtf do you know about honor lol
smokin89 1 year ago
@smokin89 simply NOTHING :D Swedish havnt the finest idea about honor ;p
zesusdk 1 year ago
2:49
Commodus Is Now a New Emperor For Rome .. What a Great Performance By Hans Zimmer
gofornothing1 1 year ago
It was almost as if you there.
tracmag 1 year ago
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One of the best movies ever made
Scoutrussp7 1 year ago
This has to top my list for "Film of the Century" i dont care how good the special effects get, Russel Crow is just a fucking epic man for these types of movies! This is epic, Robin Hood is epic its all epic!
joebong76 1 year ago
@joebong76 dont forget crow in 3:10 to yuma.. that movie also was a good movie.. thoe not any where close to this epic movie.. I would put this even better then star wars... star wars may be the best all time series of movies followed probably by harry potter then pirates. but gladiator is the best single movie today.. even better then batman
SaintsRow2OwnsGTA4 1 year ago
Sure this movie is voted as one of the most historically inaccurate movies made, but......IT'S SO DAMN GOOD
littlezdawg2012 1 year ago
WOW so impressive !!!
The music reminds me of Wagner
grandorval3 1 year ago
@grandorval3 the sonudtrack mimics wagnerian style.
MIGUEL2005LIMA 1 year ago
well that knocked me on my ass!
budzin303 1 year ago
gladiator is idd best movies what i've seen seriosly all the music fits with every action what is happening
TraceurMikado 1 year ago 2
Fan-fucking-tastic! Epic movie, probably my favorite ever. Crowe is brilliant, he didn't play Maximus, he WAS Maximus. I repeat, FUCKING FANTASTIC FILM!
thethousandorcs 1 year ago 4