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A former gladiator himself, he was freed by Marcus Aurelius and becomes a mentor to both Maximus and Juba. Derek Jacobi as Senator Gracchus: A member of the Roman Senate who opposes Commodus' rule. He is an ally of Lucilla and Maximus. Djimon Hounsou as Juba: A black Numidian gladiator who was taken from his home and family by slave traders. He ...
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 Marcus Aurelius fears that his son Commodus ...
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.
Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius and Russell Crowe as Maximus in a scene from “Gladiator” filmed in an English forest, doubling as the Roman frontier of Germanica. ©DreamWorks/Courtesy ...
Lucius Verus was Roman emperor from 161 AD until his death in 169 AD, alongside his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius. [136] The character of Lucilla is also based on a real historical figure. The real-life Lucilla was the daughter of Marcus Aurelius and the wife of Lucius Verus. One of their sons was named Lucius Verus.
Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus was born on 31 August AD 161 in Lanuvium, near Rome. [6] He was the son of the reigning emperor, Marcus Aurelius, and Aurelius' first cousin, Faustina the Younger, the youngest daughter of Emperor Antoninus Pius, who had died only a few months before. Commodus had an elder twin brother, Titus Aurelius Fulvus ...
Gladiator centers around Maximus (remember, that’s Crowe) who forms a bond with Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris). Marcus Aurelius informs Maximus of his plans to crown him Protector of Rome once ...
Gladiator II opens in the year 200 A.D. It’s been 16 years since the death of the benevolent emperor Marcus Aurelius, whose once-glorious “dream of Rome” has been replaced by a new reality ...