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The Road Warrior 230<br />
The Robe 3, 22, 34–58, 36, 51, 199<br />
cast 34<br />
historical context 39–44<br />
Oscar nominations 49, 54<br />
plot outline 34–9<br />
production 46–54<br />
recent background 44–6<br />
themes and interpretations 54–8<br />
The Robe (novel) 44–6<br />
Robinson, Jackie 118<br />
Robinson, Jay 51, 53<br />
Rock, Chris 188<br />
Roman census 67<br />
Roman comedy 161–6, 167<br />
Roman Holiday 5–6, 71, 103<br />
Roman virtues 52, 229<br />
<strong>Rome</strong>/Roman Empire 1–3, 213, 214,<br />
240<br />
“America as <strong>Rome</strong>” metaphor 30,<br />
69, 173, 239<br />
commodification 30<br />
corruption and debauchery 3, 250<br />
Great Fire of <strong>Rome</strong> (ad 64) 14, 19,<br />
21, 196<br />
map (empire, end second century ad)<br />
xii–xiii<br />
map (imperial <strong>Rome</strong>) xi<br />
The Rookie 245<br />
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 57<br />
Ross, Frank 46, 55<br />
Rózsa, Miklós 21, 72, 104<br />
Rufio (Cleopatra) 122, 123, 126, 127, 149<br />
Saint Domingue 101<br />
Salk, Jonas 57<br />
Samson and Delilah 50<br />
San Francisco earthquake and fire<br />
(1906) 21<br />
Saturday Night Live 188<br />
Saturnalia 165<br />
Saurin, Bernard-Joseph 100<br />
Saving Private Ryan 227<br />
Scipio Africanus 96<br />
Scorsese, Martin 188<br />
Scott, Martha 80, 84<br />
Scott, Ridley 225–6<br />
see also Gladiator<br />
Seinfeld 166<br />
Sejanus, Lucius Aelius 41<br />
Seneca 12, 13, 15<br />
Quo Vadis 11<br />
272 INDEX<br />
Senex (A Funny Thing Happened on<br />
the Way to the Forum) 159–60,<br />
168<br />
Sergeant Rutledge 118<br />
Sertorius, Quintus 97<br />
Sextus (Ben-Hur) 60, 81, 85<br />
sexual revolution 154, 174<br />
sexuality<br />
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way<br />
to the Forum 173–4<br />
Cleopatra 154–7<br />
Gladiator 250<br />
History of the World, Part I 204–5<br />
Quo Vadis 32–3, 154<br />
The Robe 58<br />
Spartacus 109, 110–11, 119–20, 250<br />
see also erotic gaze<br />
Shakespeare, William 137<br />
Shane 198<br />
Sharaff, Irene 150<br />
Shaw, Brent D. 95<br />
Shaw, George Bernard 138<br />
Shevelove, Burt 166, 167<br />
The Shining 103<br />
Shrek movies 203<br />
Shyamalan, M. Night 253<br />
Sienkiewicz, Henryk 16–18, 45<br />
The Sign of the Cross 112<br />
Silent Movie 198<br />
Silvers, Phil 168–9<br />
Simmons, Bob 171<br />
Simmons, Jean 49, 51, 110, 114<br />
Simon, Neil 166<br />
Simonides (Ben-Hur) 60, 62, 63, 81<br />
The Singing Nun 46<br />
Sistine Chapel 74<br />
Six Feet Under 253<br />
The Sixth Sense 253<br />
slave rebellions 95–6, 97, 98–100, 101,<br />
116<br />
see also Spartacus<br />
Sleuth 139<br />
social satire 173, 174<br />
Soderbergh, Steven 253<br />
Solaris 253<br />
Solomon, Jon 24, 227, 249, 252<br />
Some Like It Hot 111<br />
Sondheim, Stephen 166–7<br />
Sorlin, Pierre 3<br />
Sosigenes (Cleopatra) 123, 126, 148<br />
South Park 163<br />
Spartaco (novel) 101