Gladiator 2, center around the dream of Rome, begging the question of what exactly this dream entails. The dream of Rome is first mentioned by Marcus Aurelius in the first film, an ideal that is ...

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Gladiator 2. Gladiator 2's ending concludes the sequel with expected sword fights ...

Russell Crowe as Maximus in 'Gladiator' (2000). Ridley Scott’s 2000 film Gladiator was a sensational tale of honor and betrayal in the ancient Roman empire. In the film, Rome’s dying emperor ...

Maximus Decimus Meridius was the lead character in "Gladiator." At the movie's start, he's the general of a dominant army for the Roman empire and emperor Marcus Aurelius' successor to his throne.

As for Maximus, he slowly restores his honor as a gladiator, embracing Marcus Aurelius’ dream of a Republic and using his new-found fame to challenge Commodus. As the trailers for Gladiator II ...

Scroll down to see the connections between the films below: Gladiator centers around Maximus (remember, that’s Crowe) who forms a bond with Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris). Marcus Aurelius ...

By comparison, Gladiator begins in 180 AD with the death of Marcus Aurelius and the ascension of Commodus, who tries to have Maximus killed. Maximus is enslaved and sold to a gladiator trainer ...

‘Gladiator’ is one of the movies with the ... a Hispano-Roman general who is loyal to Emperor Marcus Aurelius. However, he is betrayed by Commodus, who killed his father, the Emperor, to ...

Lucius is the nephew of the late Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), who murdered his father Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) to take the throne in the first Gladiator(2000). Lucius is also Marcus ...

Mescal’s Lucius, son of Connie Nielsen’s Lucilla, appeared as a child in Gladiator (2000). Lucius is the nephew of the late Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), who murdered his father Marcus Aurelius ...