My cousin sent me a text the other week that raised an interesting question and leads to good debate. Here's a little how the conversation went:

Him: "... this is pretty random but who do u think would win in a fight? Maximus from Gladiator or Leonidas from 300?"

Me: "Haha good question. Considering the gladiator was injured in his final fight it's hard to say. But Leonidas was pretty bad ass. He laughs in the face of danger. I would cheer for him fo sho haha!

Him: "LOL [your sister] said Leonidas too... mostly girls picked him and guys picked Maximus... weird... LOL my friend picked Maximus cuz he said that was the better movie"

Me: "That's cuz the Spartans were ridiculously ripped and brave haha... Maximus was honorable but he should have beat the ass of the [idiot] king in the beginning! LOL. Besides, THIS IS ROME! doesn't have as quite a nice ring as THIS IS SPARTAAA! Haha"

Him: "But I AM MAXIMUSSSSSS has an even better ring to it... lol jk"

Me: "Although one can argue that Maximus is a natural, Leonidas was trained all his life!"

Him: "Lol my friend who works at the video store responded with this 'I don't know the guy from american gladiators'"

Me: "LOL"

I've asked friends at work and I think most of us have come to the same conclusion. What do you think?

posted by che @ 1:00 PM