Denzel Washington speaks in his native New York voice, while Paul Mescal, an Irishman, seems to speak in an approximation of the Queen's English. Romans of course, would not have spoken like this, as these accents would only come into development more than 1,500 years later. Professor Eleanor Dickey, a linguist at the University of Reading's department of classics, said the Romans likely had several accents in the 3rd century. 'The empire was huge, so it is totally reasonable for the film to have people speaking in more than one accent,' she told MailOnline. What's more, it almost goes without saying that English would not have been the language of choice for people in the Roman Empire two millennia ago.
Fans have been gifted a glimpse of the film in two trailers, but many have spotted some puzzling anachronisms. In fact, one Roman historian has called Gladiator II 'total Hollywood b*******' on the basis that it can't separate fact from fiction. Now, MailOnline reveals five glaring historical inaccuracies in 'Gladiator II', from dodgy accents to rhino riding and baboon fighting.
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