The Ten GladiatorsThe Ten Gladiators is a 1963 Italian action adventure film, directed by Gianfranco Parolini.Plot summaryRoccia and a band of fellow gladiators join forces with a patrician named Glaucus Valerius in order to replace Nero, with a new emperor: Servius Galba. During the course of this bloody struggle, the gladiators lose their mentor and trainer - Resius - and then must rescue Lidia, Resius' beautiful niece, from death by crucifixion.ReleaseThe Ten Gladiators was released in Italy on 14 December 1963 with a 110-minute running time as I dieci gladiatori. On its American release, the film had a running time of 104 minutes.