So, I'm watching Gladiator...

[LD1Racing]

...where did they get Tigers from in ancient Rome? Lions fine, but I didn't think the Roman Empire stretched far enough East into Asia to have a ready supply of Tigers. Suppose they still traded a lot with other cultures.

[Hugo a Gogo]

tigers' habitat used to be more widely spread than it is now, HTH

[LD1Racing]

Hugo a Gogo said:

tigers' habitat used to be more widely spread than it is now, HTH

Certainly does.

[Famous Graham]

You sold me queer giraffes.

[Ozone]

I met Richard Harris in a pub after he had finished filming Gladiator, he was saying how he had been hurt by one of the tigers as he walked passed it's cage on set.
It's my only claim to fame.

[Jon C]

The tigers were one of the few things they got right in that film...

[FraserLFA]

Famous Graham said:

You sold me queer giraffes.

No refunds!

[hornetrider]

FraserLFA said:

Famous Graham said:

You sold me queer giraffes.

No refunds!

[Famous Graham]

Ozone said:

I met Richard Harris in a pub after he had finished filming Gladiator, he was saying how he had been hurt by one of the tigers as he walked passed it's cage on set.
It's my only claim to fame.

My claim to fame is that Mr Reed called my dad a fat bd whilst ensconsed at a hotel bar in Guernsey when he and I walked in

About a week after he bet a friend they couldn't jump off the roof into the pool. Said friend was in hospital with multiple fractures, apparently.

[Vvroom]

LD1Racing said:

...where did they get Tigers from in ancient Rome? Lions fine, but I didn't think the Roman Empire stretched far enough East into Asia to have a ready supply of Tigers. Suppose they still traded a lot with other cultures.

oh jesus,

side steps the many, many inaccuracies in the film and points out something that's bob on.

cracking film though, non?

[Lost_BMW]

Famous Graham said:

Ozone said:

I met Richard Harris in a pub after he had finished filming Gladiator, he was saying how he had been hurt by one of the tigers as he walked passed it's cage on set.
It's my only claim to fame.

My claim to fame is that Mr Reed called my dad a fat bd whilst ensconsed at a hotel bar in Guernsey when he and I walked in

About a week after he bet a friend they couldn't jump off the roof into the pool. Said friend was in hospital with multiple fractures, apparently.

Is that why you're Famous Graham?

[Mojooo]

wait, they really had tigers outside zoos?

[Lost_BMW]

Mojooo said:

wait, they really had tigers outside zoos?

The Christians were allowed to go into the cages.

Probably not on Sundays though?

[Bing o]

LD1Racing said:

...where did they get Tigers from in ancient Rome? Lions fine, but I didn't think the Roman Empire stretched far enough East into Asia to have a ready supply of Tigers. Suppose they still traded a lot with other cultures.

Are you even intelligent enough to be able to use the internet?

[HOGEPH]

Captain Oveur: "Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"

[Blib]

Bing o said:

LD1Racing said:

...where did they get Tigers from in ancient Rome? Lions fine, but I didn't think the Roman Empire stretched far enough East into Asia to have a ready supply of Tigers. Suppose they still traded a lot with other cultures.

Are you even intelligent enough to be able to use the internet?

Rhetorical question time.

[sneijder]

Bing o said:

Are you even intelligent enough to be able to use the internet?

What is this I don't even.

[FourWheelDrift]

Tigers..............in Africa?

[LD1Racing]

Vvroom said:

LD1Racing said:

...where did they get Tigers from in ancient Rome? Lions fine, but I didn't think the Roman Empire stretched far enough East into Asia to have a ready supply of Tigers. Suppose they still traded a lot with other cultures.

oh jesus,

side steps the many, many inaccuracies in the film and points out something that's bob on.

cracking film though, non?

Yes yes, I'm sure there are many inaccuracies (as in most movies), it's just that particular one which jumped out at me, and as someone else has posted, reminded me of Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life" scene.

Tigers? In Africa?

[Jon C]

There is some literary evidence that they had Polar Bears at one set of games. Dont underestimate what the Romans were capable of...