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Hot Gallery: The Muscle Men of Sword-and-Sandal Epics

By Tara Bennett on August 19, 2011

From Kirk Douglas to Jason Momoa, Hollywood has a long history of handing its most fit leading men a sword, some leather cuffs and not much else to vanquish legendary monsters and epic armies for the side of good. With the release of Momoa’s fresh spin on Conan the Barbarian on August 19, Snakkle looks back at some of the silver screen’s most impressive warriors.