Citation

Thomassen L. PS Polit. Sci. Polit. 2009; 42(1): 145-148.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S1049096509090118

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Ridley Scott's 2000 film
Gladiator presents a view of the transition
from dictatorship to the republic that one also finds in the
discourses of certain political leaders today. I argue that we can
learn about violence and the founding of a republic from an analysis
and, especially, a critique of Gladiator.

Language: en