But how much of it is real history? Maximus himself is a fictional creation. Delve into Roman history and you will not find, as Commodus puts it: “The general who became a slave. The slave who became ...
Two decades after Maximus fought and died in ancient Rome's Colosseum in the first film, his son Lucius, played by Paul Mescal, finds himself in much the same situation in Gladiator II.
The Triumph of Rome over Sicily, by Jacopo Ripanda (in the Palazzo ... Shortly before the siege ended, the general was informed of his appointment as consul; he was to assume office, with Publius ...