Historian Gerard Jones writes that, " Siegel flatly denied that Wylie's novel had influenced him in any way " although adding his own conjecture that " the timing and striking similarities ... would seem to leave no doubt of Gladiators role "

The Gladiators have gone to the playoffs five times, playing in the Conference Championship once in 2008 and never reaching the ArenaBowl.

This was the second time in three seasons that Gladiators will enter the playoffs while in Cleveland, as well as the first time they have clinched the East Division.

Human spheres have been depicted in mass media since 1990 when the Gladiators event Atlaspheres first aired, albeit with steel balls.

Some pieces of classical music have actually been made more famous than the composer himself, for example Entry of the Gladiators by Julius Fučík, better known just as the circus music.

Other teams that have called the arena home include the New Jersey Rockets of the Major Indoor Soccer League, the New Jersey Rockin Rollers of Roller Hockey International, and the New Jersey Red Dogs / Gladiators of the Arena Football League.

Growing up, Greenwald had no plans to be a wrestler, but she claims to have wanted to be on American Gladiators for a while.

They have qualified for the Kelly Cup playoffs for six out of their eight seasons of play as the Gladiators.

This portraiture of gladiators has been the highest interest in art for many centuries now, but it was Gaius Terentius who began the practice of having pictures made of gladiatorial shows and exhibited in public ; in honour of his grandfather who had adopted him he provided thirty pairs of Gladiators in the Forum for three consecutive days, and exhibited a picture of the matches in the Grove of Diana.

Despite being made by London Weekend Television, all episodes of Gladiators, International Gladiators, the second series of The Ashes and the first series of The Springbok Challenge were recorded at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham.

There are two pieces of equipment made from materia in the game ; the Materia Blade ( which teaches " Ultima Sword " to Gladiators and " Ultima Charge " to Mog Knights ) and Materia Armor ( which has one of the highest defensive stats in the game ).

The Gladiators made an appearance in the 2006 Kelly Cup Finals, losing to the Alaska Aces in five games.

In 1899, along with Harvey du Cros, Edge formed the Motor Vehicle Company Ltd to sell these improved cars, made by Napiers ( Edge paid ₤ 400, selling at ₤ 500 ), as well as Gladiators and Clément-Panhards, both manufactured in Paris by Adolphe Clément-Bayard.

That same day saw the creation of an iconic image when Sydney Morning Herald photographer John O ' Gready captured a photo which would become titled " The Gladiators " and which showed the essence of good sportsmanship as the Saints ' captain Norm Provan and West's captain Arthur Summons embraced post-match in exhausted camaraderie while barely recognisable, covered head-to-toe in mud.

In closing 2008 San Luis but still had good players out campaign Braulio Luna before getting a golazo pumas and Israel " jagger " Martinez speaking gladiators came to reaching the 4th place in the table and qualifying repechaje andalusia beating pachuca 2-2 overall but the best position going to the San Luis quarterfinals to face Toluca Nemesio Diez Stadium in San Luis bag with a 1-1 tie entering the chango Moreno's party back into the bag Alfoso Lastras San Luis a result of 0-0 overall and 1-1 St. Louis for best passing wing semifinal position in the table generally faces against San Luis Cruz Azul in the semifinals of Toreno losing 0-1 with a marker in the Alfonso Lastras and back Stadium Azul 1-1 with a 2-1 overall potosinos found in San Luis Hasi ending tournament In that year, the Gladiators of San Luis grew qualifying for the first time in its history to an international cup Copa Nissan Sudamericana.

On June 21, the Gladiators clinched a playoff berth with a 47 – 35 win against the Columbus Destroyers as well as home field advantage for the first round.

However, the league reorganized as Arena Football 1 before purchasing the assets of the Arena Football League, therefore assuming the AFL's history, and the Gladiators were revived for the 2010 season, with owner Jim Ferraro and Bernie Kosar returning as team president and Quicken Loans Arena continuing to act as the team's home field.

A high school athletic field ( Johnnie B. Wiley Amateur Athletic Sports Pavilion-c. 1997 ) remains at the old site and serves as one of Buffalo's three major high school football fields ( the others being All-High Stadium and the field at Riverside Institute of Technology ); the field also previously served as the home of the Buffalo Gladiators, an adult amateur football team.

The 1963 grand final was immortalised in a photograph which became known as ' The Gladiators ' after St. George captain Norm Provan and Summons trudged off the field together.

The soldiers of LexCorp consist of Lexcorp Shock Troopers, Lexcorp Heavy Troopers, Lexcorp Security Guards, Lexcorp Enforcers, and Lexcorp Gladiators.

The heyday of roots reggae is usually considered the latter half of the 1970s – with singers such as Johnny Clarke, Cornell Campbell, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown, Max Romeo, Horace Andy, Hugh Mundell, and Lincoln Thompson, and groups like Black Uhuru, Steel Pulse, Israel Vibration, The Gladiators and Culture – teaming up with producers such as Lee ' Scratch ' Perry, Bunny Lee, Joseph Hoo Kim and Coxsone Dodd.

* 1996 – Winner of UK Celebrity Gladiators

The Storm ended the 2006 season with a 7 – 9 record ( 4th in their Division ), ending a 19-year streak of playoff appearances, dating back to their days as the Pittsburgh Gladiators and the start of the Arena Football League.

* On Saturday, July 12, 2008, the Philadelphia Soul defeated the Cleveland Gladiators 70 – 35 in the AFL National Conference Title game, earning their first ever ArenaBowl berth in Arena Bowl XXII.

The Gladiators ' fortunes turned around, and they had their first winning season since 1998, going 9 – 5 and hosting a playoff game for the first time ( a loss to Orlando ).

On March 3, the Gladiators played their inaugural game in Quicken Loans Arena, a 61 – 49 win over the New York Dragons. Raymond Philyaw, the team's quarterback, was named the offensive player of the game after throwing for five touchdowns.

The following week, the Gladiators advanced to their first conference championship game in team history when they beat the Georgia Force in the divisional round 73 – 70.

The Gladiators finished their 2010 campaign with a 7 – 9 record.

The record would stand until 26 November 1994 when the Huddersfield club broke their own World Record by defeating Blackpool Gladiators 142 – 4 in a Challenge Cup tie at the McAlpine Stadium – centre Greg Austin scoring 9 tries on his way to 52 tries that season, a world record for a centre.

* Episode 7 – Shadow and Jet from Gladiators

* Episode 4 – Gladiators 1 ( Shadow and Falcon )

* Episode 5 – Gladiators 2 ( Cobra and Scorpio )

* Episode 6 – Gladiators Final ( Shadow and Scorpio )

* Episode 10 – Cobra and Panther from Gladiators

In 1992 she moved into mainstream presenting and played host to numerous shows including Gladiators, The National Lottery – plus two major international broadcasts in 1998 and 1999, the Eurovision Song Contest and Miss World respectively.

* Elektra ( Salina Bartunek ), of the American Gladiators competed from 1992 – 1994

* May 21 – The British aircraft carriers HMS Glorious and HMS Furious fly off Royal Air Force aircraft for service ashore at Bardufoss, Norway, with Glorious delivering the Hurricanes of No. 46 Squadron and Furious the Gladiators of No. 263 Squadron.

* June 7 – HMS Ark Royal brings aboard the five surviving Supermarine Walrus flying boats of No. 701 Squadron from Harstad and HMS Glorious the surviving Hurricanes of No. 46 Squadron and Gladiators of No. 263 Squadron from Bardufoss as the Allied evacuation from Norway continues.

American Gladiators ran on television from 1989 – 1996, and was conducted in a tournament style format.

* New Jersey Gladiators ( AFL ) ( 2001 – 2002 )

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