In 1953's The Robe and its 1954 sequel, Demetrius and the Gladiators, Rennie was billed fourth and third, respectively, playing the Apostle Peter, who provides affirmation in the new faith, as Diana ( Jean Simmons ) and Marcellus ( Richard Burton ) become martyrs for Christianity.

All the new music to the 2009 show has been specially composed by Paul Farrer best known for his scores for The Weakest Link, Dancing on Ice and Gladiators.

On 12 March 2008, Wright was confirmed as one of the presenters of the new series of the popular game show Gladiators.

On December 23, 2009, former Grand Rapids Rampage coach Steve Thonn was named as new head coach of the Gladiators.

In 2008, Gallacher presented the new version of Gladiators on Sky1 alongside Ian Wright.

Despite AFL tradition to adopt previous AFL team names for new teams, the Talons chose to keep their nickname and not adopt the identity of the long-defunct San Antonio Force, due in part to the preexistence of the Georgia Force ( a similar issue forced the Pittsburgh Power to adopt its current name instead of the Gladiators ).

Gladiators could subscribe to a union ( collegia ) which ensured proper burial, with compensation for wives and children.

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.

Horton later became " Gemini " on the original American Gladiators, and had played for the Washington Federals of the USFL in 1983.

* E. J. Underwood, professional football player for the Cleveland Gladiators ; played for Edmonton Eskimos New York Jets, Buffalo Bills

* Silas DeMary a player for the Cleveland Gladiators, an Arena Football League team.

On June 19, 1987 the Pittsburgh Gladiators hosted the Washington Commandos in the first league game after a two week training camp for all four charter teams in Wheaton, Illinois.

Once the Port Stanley runway was available for jets, Illustrious was relieved by four RAF Phantom FGR. 2 ( named ‘ Faith ’, ‘ Hope ’, Charity ’ and ‘ Desperation ’ by the crews-the first three named after the three Gloster Gladiators that according to legend was the name of the three RAF fighters defending Malta in the Second World War ).

Three Sea Gladiators were added for the operation.

* On Friday, February 6, 2004, in a Week 1 contest against the Las Vegas Gladiators, the Crush were still looking for their first home win in franchise history.

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 ).

The New Jersey Gladiators looked all set to go for the 2003 season.

The AFL schedules for the 2003 season had already been devised, so the Las Vegas Gladiators would play that season in the Eastern Division of the National Conference, before shifting in 2004 to the American Conference's Western Division.

The Gladiators relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada for the 2003 season and played their home games at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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.

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.

The National Conference Championship would be the Gladiators ' last game for almost two years.

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.

During their first season in two years, the Gladiators hovered around. 500 for the majority of the time.

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.

* The Gladiators: Galactic Circus Games, 2002, ( TPS, Strategy ) -- AT

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

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" I sette magnifici gladiatori " ( 1983 ) aka " The Seven Magnificent Gladiators " was a Sword & Sandal variation on the Seven Samurai / Magnificent Seven theme starring Lou Ferrigno and Sybil Danning.

The first game in Arena Football League history was played between the Gladiators and Commandos at Pittsburgh Civic Arena in front of 12, 117 fans.

There was a sequel known as Demetrius and the Gladiators starring Victor Mature as the title character who fights in the Roman arena.

The film was September 1955's Seven Cities of Gold, with Richard Egan, who had been ninth-billed as a vicious fighting machine and rapist of ingenue Debra Paget in the previous year's Demetrius and the Gladiators and was now receiving star build-up and first billing ; Anthony Quinn was billed second.

She danced in several other films, including The Band Wagon and Demetrius and the Gladiators, and was a ballerina with the Los Angeles Opera.

Six days later ( on 28 May according to other sources ) the Fiat CR. 42s, in what was to prove the final air-to-air combat of the brief campaign, intercepted RAF Blenheims, claiming two No. 94 Sqn Gladiators, with the loss of one CR. 42 shot down by a Gladiator flown by Wg Cdr Wightman, close to Khan Nuqta.

Along with the name of the school being changed the PLU mascot was also changed from the Gladiators to the Knights.

He was also known by the pseudonym Viikinki he used while appearing in Gladiaattorit, a Finnish version of the TV game show Gladiators, in the 1990s.

The franchise was originally known as the Pittsburgh Gladiators, and was one of the original four AFL teams formed in 1987.

" " They Got Away " was a heavily reggae-influenced original song, while " Re-Arrange " is a cover of a song by the reggae band The Gladiators.

On October 16, 2007, it was announced in a press conference that the Gladiators would be relocating to Cleveland, Ohio.

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.

This was the first ever game forfeited in AFL history, due to the Gladiators ( representing the AFL player's union ) going on strike to protest on-field safety concerns and contract disputes with AFL management.