Tip o’ the pileus (or perhaps crunch of the rectus abdominis is more appropriate) to Julia Borek (who also was first to use the ‘contact the rogueclassicist’ thing) for sending in this ‘different’ view of sword and sandal flicks:

• The Fug Girls’ History of the Sword-and-Sandal Ab: From Spartacus to Jake Gyllenhaal