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Hi this is not about Roman civilization!
Did the episode explain why gladiatorial combats were taking place (I have not seen the episode in question)? It's clear that they've taken the Roman Empire past the point where it became a Christian empire, but Constantine I, the first "Christian" emperor, banned gladiatorial combats in 325, with the last gladiator combats in the City of Rome during the reign of Honorius. Simply put, the Christianized Roman Empire didn't have gladiatorial combats and I'm curious if the episode explained that. - RomeW 22:46, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
This conclusion seems a bit off "...and goes on to imply that Christianity is necessary for the advancement of a society into a modern, space dwelling people, something with which Spock does not contend with a typical "illogical, captain," hence acknowledging the statement as true." Wasn't it more like Kirk wished he could stick around to watch the growth and achieving of dominance of Christianity all over again, not that it was "necessary" to achieve spaceflight? 68.124.177.7 08:18, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
The story is clearly based on the book "Quo Vadis?". I think the article should mention that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ystad ( talk • contribs) 00:45, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
Is it true that this particular ST-TOS episode is quite popular amongst evangelical Christians? 203.114.146.141 ( talk) 03:57, 19 August 2014 (UTC)Calibanu
Probably, but it would be difficult to find an authoritative source that speaks for all evangelical Christians on this matter. Or to put this the other way around, there are way too many sources that _purport_ to speak for evangelical Christians in general. 137.205.183.31 ( talk) 09:58, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
I removed the erroneous speculation about why the Roman guards were using Danish Madsen M50 submachine guns. The original post had an unsourced statement that they would appear "alien" to American audiences. The Star Trek production budgets didn't allow the prop department to go buy M50s just because they fit in with a theme. More likely they were just available in say, Paramount Studio's prop department. Evidence for this is in the baptismal scene at the end of the first Godfather movie where one of the hits is done using Madsens. They were also carried by the Soviet paratroopers in Ice Station Zebra and by the apes in Beneath The Planet of the Apes. John Simpson54 ( talk) 14:22, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
I've always seen this episode as making fun of the world of television. Example: when the gladiator is threatened with a "special" if he hurts the network's ratings. 174.253.195.57 ( talk) 03:51, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
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Hi this is not about Roman civilization!
Did the episode explain why gladiatorial combats were taking place (I have not seen the episode in question)? It's clear that they've taken the Roman Empire past the point where it became a Christian empire, but Constantine I, the first "Christian" emperor, banned gladiatorial combats in 325, with the last gladiator combats in the City of Rome during the reign of Honorius. Simply put, the Christianized Roman Empire didn't have gladiatorial combats and I'm curious if the episode explained that. - RomeW 22:46, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
This conclusion seems a bit off "...and goes on to imply that Christianity is necessary for the advancement of a society into a modern, space dwelling people, something with which Spock does not contend with a typical "illogical, captain," hence acknowledging the statement as true." Wasn't it more like Kirk wished he could stick around to watch the growth and achieving of dominance of Christianity all over again, not that it was "necessary" to achieve spaceflight? 68.124.177.7 08:18, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
The story is clearly based on the book "Quo Vadis?". I think the article should mention that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ystad ( talk • contribs) 00:45, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
Is it true that this particular ST-TOS episode is quite popular amongst evangelical Christians? 203.114.146.141 ( talk) 03:57, 19 August 2014 (UTC)Calibanu
Probably, but it would be difficult to find an authoritative source that speaks for all evangelical Christians on this matter. Or to put this the other way around, there are way too many sources that _purport_ to speak for evangelical Christians in general. 137.205.183.31 ( talk) 09:58, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
I removed the erroneous speculation about why the Roman guards were using Danish Madsen M50 submachine guns. The original post had an unsourced statement that they would appear "alien" to American audiences. The Star Trek production budgets didn't allow the prop department to go buy M50s just because they fit in with a theme. More likely they were just available in say, Paramount Studio's prop department. Evidence for this is in the baptismal scene at the end of the first Godfather movie where one of the hits is done using Madsens. They were also carried by the Soviet paratroopers in Ice Station Zebra and by the apes in Beneath The Planet of the Apes. John Simpson54 ( talk) 14:22, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
I've always seen this episode as making fun of the world of television. Example: when the gladiator is threatened with a "special" if he hurts the network's ratings. 174.253.195.57 ( talk) 03:51, 18 October 2022 (UTC)