{"id":4815,"date":"2024-12-20T09:06:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T09:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrn.ch\/agenda\/gladiators-and-cinema\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T15:45:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:45:52","slug":"gladiators-and-cinema","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.mrn.ch\/en\/events\/gladiators-and-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"Gladiators and cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ben-Hur, Spartacus, Gladiator and, more recently, Gladiator 2&#8230; gladiators play a major role in cinema. How are these arena fighters portrayed on screen? Do these images correspond to the reality of ancient gladiators? A guided tour that invites you to reflect on the differences between historical reality and fiction.<\/p>\n\n<p>Every first Sunday of the month, our Discovery Sundays guided tours let you explore the many facets of daily life in Roman times!  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrn.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Spectaculum_2024_Benjamin-Banon_gladiateurs5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Gladiatorial combat\" class=\"wp-image-3506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mrn.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Spectaculum_2024_Benjamin-Banon_gladiateurs5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mrn.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Spectaculum_2024_Benjamin-Banon_gladiateurs5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mrn.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Spectaculum_2024_Benjamin-Banon_gladiateurs5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mrn.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Spectaculum_2024_Benjamin-Banon_gladiateurs5-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mrn.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Spectaculum_2024_Benjamin-Banon_gladiateurs5.jpg 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Spectaculum! Gladiators from the ACTA troupe\n\u00a9Benjamin Banon, June 2024 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3499,"template":"","class_list":["post-4815","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gladiators and cinema - RMN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrn.ch\/en\/events\/gladiators-and-cinema\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gladiators and cinema - RMN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ben-Hur, Spartacus, Gladiator and, more recently, Gladiator 2&#8230; gladiators play a major role in cinema. 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