a period known as the Year of the Five Emperors saw five different claimants vying for control of the Roman Empire. Commodus, who actually did fight as a gladiator for shiggles, was assassinated ...

Before watching ‘Gladiator II,' here ... and betrayal in the ancient Roman empire. In the film, Rome’s dying emperor Marcus Aurelius fears that his son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) is unfit ...

VIII. The strangest volunteer gladiator was a Roman Emperor. His name was Emperor Commodus, who you might recognise from the movie Gladiator. He was a deeply unpopular emperor who ruled Rome until ...

Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus ...

Sir Ridley Scott is reportedly "moving forward" on a sequel to his classic 2000 film Gladiator ... the nephew of Emperor Commodus, played in 2000 by Joaquin Phoenix. Sir Ridley, who won an ...

Lucius' mother Lucilla, who was Emperor Commodus' sister in the original film, is played by returning actress Connie Nielsen. Gladiator 2 is set many years later in ancient Rome and sees Lucius ...

Intent on securing peace and prosperity throughout the mighty Roman Empire, the wise diplomat, Emperor Marcus Aurelius ... son and logical successor, Commodus. As a result, high treason and ...

It’s been more than two decades since the first Gladiator ... Maximus (Crowe), a Roman army general who seeks to avenge the loss of his family against the devious emperor Commodus (Phoenix ...