Movie about ancient Rome

The Ben Hur movie shows that the ancient romans wore their armor according to their ranks. For example the high ranking officials have capes and they have head helmets to wear that have different signs on their helms. For example the soldiers wore helmets that had straight rows of red hair on the helms. The higher ranking Generals had helmets that had bushy manes on top of them which looked like horse's manes. They were also the only ones who were allowed to ride on horses so I think that the helmet shows who were the higher ranking people who could use the horses of the roman empire. The body armor also came with differences in as they varied in ranks. The soldiers had silver armor. The high ranking Generals had gold color armor. They also had emblems on their armor but I could not see it clearly so I think that it also had something to do with the ranks. The normal people like the Jews wore clothing that looked very thin and could be torn easily. The rich Jews were able to have slaves but looking at Ben Hur I think that they treated their slaves like their friends. I think that the Romans were not that kind to their slaves. The video also showed that the Romans gave some "condemned" man their lives if they worked on the battleships that Rome had. This was shown in the scene where the Roman soldier would say that the men were condemned to death and they were only given their lives if they were to work on the Roman battleship and row the battleship.

I discussed this post with Duke.