In the upcoming movie ‘The Eagle’, based on Rosemary Sutcliff’s children’s novel, The Eagle of the Ninth, Jamie Bell plays the part of Esca, a freed British Slave. Here are some stills from the film. I think this is the point in the story where Esca is forced to fight in the coliseum as a gladiator, before he is set free.
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For award-winning, internationally-acclaimed author Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-92). By Anthony Lawton: godson, cousin & literary executor. Rosemary Sutcliff wrote historical fiction, children's literature and books, films, TV & radio, including The Eagle of the Ninth, Sword at Sunset, Song for a Dark Queen, The Mark of the Horse Lord, The Silver Branch, The Lantern Bearers, Dawn Wind, Blue Remembered Hills.
“Esca is forced to fight in the colleseum as a gladiator”. Not in the colosseum. That’s just one building, in Rome. Esca was made to fight in the amphitheatre of Calleva (Silchester), which is quite a bit smaller. :)
http://www.silchester.rdg.ac.uk/guide/amphitheatre
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Yes, of course, how stupid of me! Will change that asap. Thanks for the comment.
Dom
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