Oh yeah let's compare a fictional rappresentation of what append during the Roman empire with a documentary about the last decade, it's a very good critic.

Dude, one of the Italian politician leader is a comedian, the other is mainly remembered for he's shitty English speech (trust me, search Discorso inglese Matteo Renzi, you'll love that shit) and the right wing leader is an Italian Suprematist that passes more time doing political campaigns that being a real politician. And that's is only the beginning, there's the Mafia(never seen a mobster, but guys are still influential), the masonry (look for P2 lodge, I don't even know where to start) and a lot of more funny stuff.

You want to tease us for the gladiator, Bro that is my father's favorite film, I take it as a compliment, if you have to tease Italy do it well, there is so much to say and everything is funny as hell.