Gladiator (disambiguation)

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A gladiator was an armed combatant entertainer in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.

Gladiator(s) or The Gladiator(s) may also refer to:

Vehicles

• Gladiator Cycle Company, a former French manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles and cars between 1891 and 1920
  • Gladiator Motor cars, Clément-Gladiator motorcars, by 1898 the Clément-Gladiator company was marketing cars as both Cléments and Gladiators; See Adolphe Clément-Bayard
• Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle, an American unmanned vehicle
• Gloster Gladiator, a British biplane fighter aircraft designed in the 1930s
• HMS Gladiator, several British warships
• Jeep Gladiator, an American pickup truck model
• USS Gladiator (1876), a tugboat
• USS Gladiator, several American ships
• Yamaha Gladiator, a motorcycle

Sports

• A.S.D. S.F. Gladiator, an Italian football club based in Santa Maria Capua Vetere
• Cleveland Gladiators, an Arena Football League team
• Quetta Gladiators, a franchise team of Quetta in the Pakistan Super League
• Dhaka Gladiators, a franchise team of Dhaka in the Bangladesh Premier League
• Atlanta Gladiators, a hockey team from Duluth, Georgia
• Mike Awesome (1965–2007), American professional wrestler with the ring name "The Gladiator"
• Pittsburgh Gladiators, an arena football team that now plays as the Tampa Bay Storm
• The Gladiator (wrestler), one of the ring names of Canadian professional wrestler Charles Sprott
• "The Gladiators (photograph)", a photograph of Norm Provan and Arthur Summons leaving the field after the 1963 NSWRFL season's grand final

Film

• The Gladiator (1938 film), a 1938 adaptation of the Philip Wylie novel
• The Gladiators (film), a 1969 film by Peter Watkins
• The Gladiator (1986 film), Abel Ferrara's 1986 film starring Ken Wahl in the title role and co-starring Nancy Allen and Brian Robbins
• Gladiator (1992 film), a boxing drama film
• Gladiator (2000 film), directed by Ridley Scott
  • Gladiator (soundtrack), soundtrack for the 2000 film

Television

• Gladiators (franchise), with numerous incarnations:
• American Gladiators, an American sports entertainment television show
• American Gladiators (2008 TV series), a revival of the original show
• Gladiators 2000, a children's adaptation of the original show
• Gladiators (1992 UK TV series) the UK version of the series
• Gladiators (2008 UK TV series), a revival of the original UK show
• Gladiators (1995 Australian TV series), the Australian version of the series
• Gladiators (2008 Australian TV series), a revival of the original Australian show
• MTN Gladiators, the South African version of the television series
• "Gladiator" (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys), an Hercules episode

Books, comics and games

• Gladiator (novel), a 1930 novel by Philip Wylie
• The Gladiator (Turtledove novel), a 2007 Harry Turtledove novel
• The Gladiators (novel), a 1939 novel by Arthur Koestler
• The Gladiators, a novel by George Whyte-Melville published in 1863
• The Gladiator (Scarrow novel), a 2009 novel by Simon Scarrow

Fictional characters

• Gladiator (Kallark), the Imperial Guard member
• Gladiator (Melvin Potter), the Daredevil supervillain
• Gladiator, a character created by Jim Steranko for Harvey Comics
• The Gladiators, enemies of the New Mutants

Games

• Gladiator A.D., a versus fighting game for Nintendo's Wii console, developed by High Voltage Software
• Gladiator (arcade game), a 1986 arcade game by Taito
• Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance, a 2003 video game from Acclaim Entertainment
• Gladius, a 2003 video game developed by LucasArts
• Shadow of Rome, a 2005 video game by Capcom Production Studio 2
• Colosseum: Road to Freedom, a 2005 video game made by Ertain
• Gladiator Begins, a 2010 video game developed by Aksys Games
• Ryse: Son of Rome, a 2013 video game made by Crytek Frankfurt

Music

• "The Gladiator March" by John Philip Sousa
• The Gladiators (band), a Jamaican roots reggae band
• "Gladiator" (Dami Im song), 2014
• "Gladiator" (Nicola Roberts song)
• "Gladiator" (The Jesus Lizard song)

Other uses

• Gladiator (energy drink), a Mexican energy drink brand owned by Coca-Cola
• Mantophasmatodea, an order of carnivorous insects also known as gladiators
• 68th Armoured Regiment (India), which bears the nickname "the Gladiators"