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Caesar, Sid 166, 197<br />
Caesarea 44, 66, 180<br />
Caesarion (Ptolemy Caesar)<br />
Cleopatra 124, 125, 127, 128, 150,<br />
151, 156<br />
historical figure 130, 134, 135, 136<br />
Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas 201<br />
Caiaphas, Joseph 180, 181<br />
Caligula (emperor)<br />
historical figure (Gaius Caesar<br />
Caligula) 39, 41, 42–3, 44<br />
The Robe 35, 38, 39, 53–4<br />
Calpurnia (Cleopatra) 124, 141<br />
Camelot 146<br />
Cameron, James 83, 225<br />
Canidius<br />
Cleopatra 127<br />
historical figure (Canidius Crassus)<br />
135<br />
Canutt, Joe 73<br />
Canutt, Yakima 73<br />
Carcopino, Jerome 170<br />
Carey, Ron 200<br />
Carthage 95<br />
Cassius (assassin of Caesar)<br />
Cleopatra 125<br />
historical figure (Gaius Cassius<br />
Longinus) 130, 131<br />
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 149<br />
Catullus 155<br />
celebrity cult<br />
Gladiator and 243, 244<br />
Monty Python’s Life of Brian and 192<br />
censorship 185–6<br />
Chaerea, Cassius 43<br />
Chapelle, Dave 188<br />
Chapman, Graham 178, 181, 187<br />
chariot-racing<br />
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way<br />
to the Forum 171–2<br />
Ben-Hur 63, 64–5, 73, 77, 77, 172<br />
History of the World, Part I<br />
199–200, 205<br />
Chase, Chevy 166<br />
Cheadle, Don 247<br />
The Children’s Hour 71<br />
Chrétien, Henri 47<br />
Christianity 13–14<br />
persecution and 14–15, 16, 19, 44<br />
Roman/Christian opposition 19, 20,<br />
21–2, 24, 54, 55, 69<br />
see also Ben-Hur; Quo Vadis; The Robe<br />
264 INDEX<br />
Cicero (Gladiator) 211, 212, 251–2<br />
Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) 131<br />
Cincinnatus 229<br />
Cinecittà Studios 20, 73, 141<br />
CinemaScope 46, 47, 48, 54<br />
civil rights discourse<br />
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way<br />
to the Forum and 172<br />
Spartacus and 118, 119<br />
Classical Tradition 2<br />
Claudia (Spartacus) 90, 118, 120<br />
Claudius (emperor) 13, 42, 43, 44,<br />
196<br />
Cleese, John 178, 181, 182, 186, 189<br />
Cleopatra<br />
Cleopatra 122–5, 126, 127, 128,<br />
144–5, 146–7, 148–51, 152–3,<br />
154–6, 157, 235<br />
historical figure 128, 129, 130, 131,<br />
132, 133–4, 135–6<br />
Cleopatra (1917 film) 137–8<br />
Cleopatra (1934 film) 138<br />
Cleopatra (1963 film) 3, 33, 49, 75,<br />
120, 121–58, 124, 142, 222, 223<br />
cast 121<br />
historical context 128–36<br />
Oscar nominations 151<br />
plot outline 122–8<br />
production 139–51<br />
recent background 136–9<br />
themes and interpretations 151–7<br />
Cleopatra (TV miniseries) 151<br />
Cocoon 168<br />
Colbert, Claudette 138<br />
Cold War politics<br />
Ben-Hur and 83–4<br />
Cleopatra and 152<br />
Quo Vadis and 28, 29–30, 31<br />
The Robe and 54–5, 56<br />
Spartacus and 114, 115<br />
Colley, Ken 186<br />
Colosseum 6, 210–13, 219, 220, 224,<br />
227, 228, 243–8, 252, 254<br />
Comicus (History of the World, Part I)<br />
194–5, 200, 203, 204, 205<br />
Commodus (emperor)<br />
The Fall of the Roman Empire 223,<br />
233<br />
Gladiator 208, 210, 211, 212–13,<br />
233–5, 239, 240, 245, 250, 255<br />
historical figure 216–17<br />
Commodus, Lucius Ceionius 214