I've never forgiven Gladiator for using Zulu chants (taken from those movies) for the German warriors battling the legion. Prof. Bret Devereaux (writer of an excellent ancient history blog; he takes on Ridley Scott here, in fact: https://acoup.blog/2023/11/17/fireside-friday-november-17-2023/ ) agrees with me that Gladiator is a poor recreation of Roman battle tactics.
I've never forgiven Gladiator for using Zulu chants (taken from those movies) for the German warriors battling the legion. Prof. Bret Devereaux (writer of an excellent ancient history blog; he takes on Ridley Scott here, in fact: https://acoup.blog/2023/11/17/fireside-friday-november-17-2023/ ) agrees with me that Gladiator is a poor recreation of Roman battle tactics.