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Gladiator (2000)
Where Gladiator says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Rome in the film is mostly a set on Malta, and Maximus's farm is in Tuscany.
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Scenes and places
The wheat field Maximus keeps seeing
Before the first battle, Maximus brushes his hand over ripe wheat in a sunlit field. It is the home he is fighting to get back to, and the image the film keeps returning to.
Set in Elysium wheat field — Maximus's vision of home, a sunlit field he touches with his hand.
An imagined afterlife field, filmed in the Tuscan hills of Italy.
Filmed at Terrapille fields below Pienza, Tuscany — Wheat-field scenes of the afterlife (Pienza town centre given; no point coordinate for the field in Wikidata or Wikipedia). Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The battle in the Germanic forest
Maximus leads the Roman army to victory over the Germanic tribes near Vindobona. He then hopes to go home, but the emperor has other plans for him.
Set in Forest near Vindobona, Germania — The Roman army's last battle against the Germanic tribes.
The site of the last northern campaign of the Marcus Aurelius era, on the Danube frontier.
Filmed at Bourne Wood, Farnham, Surrey — The opening battle was shot in this forestry woodland. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Maximus's farm
Wounded after escaping the Praetorian Guard, Maximus rides for his farm near Turgalium. What he finds there is the turning point of the whole film.
Set in Maximus's farm near Turgalium — The estate in Hispania that Maximus rides home to.
A country estate in Roman Spain.
Filmed at Val d'Orcia, Podere Poggio Manzuoli, near San Quirico d'Orcia — The farm scenes; Val d'Orcia centre given (no point coordinate for the farmhouse). Some sources call the farm Terrapille, between San Quirico and Pienza. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Alabama Hills, California — Backdrop for Maximus riding home on horseback; only one source. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The slave market town of Zucchabar
Slave traders carry the wounded Maximus to Zuccabar and sell him to the gladiator trainer Proximo. A general now stands in a line of captives.
Set in Zuccabar, North Africa — The town where slave traders sell Maximus.
A Roman market town in North Africa, today's Algeria.
Filmed at Aït Benhaddou, Morocco — The fortified village stood in for Zucchabar (one blog source). Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Proximo's gladiator school and first arena
Maximus fights in local tournaments and earns the nickname 'the Spaniard'. Proximo tells him the way to freedom is to win the crowd, which sends the troupe to Rome.
Set in Proximo's gladiator school — The training school and the local arena where Maximus first fights.
A desert training school and arena in the Atlas foothills.
Filmed at Ouarzazate (Atlas Studios), Morocco — Slave, desert-travel and gladiator-school scenes (city centre given; no point coordinate for the studio). Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Colosseum of Rome
Disguised in a masked helmet, Maximus debuts in the arena in a re-enactment of the Battle of Zama and unexpectedly leads his side to victory. The crowd's support puts him in the emperor's view.
Set in Colosseum, Rome — The arena where Maximus fights before the crowd and Commodus. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Rome's great arena, seating tens of thousands.
Filmed at Fort Ricasoli, Kalkara, Malta — A replica of about one-third of the Colosseum was built here, the rest added digitally. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Fort Ricasoli, rear sets, Malta — Streets and palace of Rome Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Maximus — A Roman general who is betrayed and sold into slavery, and returns as a gladiator.
- Commodus — The emperor's son, who takes the throne and fears Maximus's popularity.
- Proximo — A gladiator trainer and former gladiator who buys Maximus.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was Rome's Colosseum in Gladiator really filmed?
- Where is Maximus's farm in Gladiator?