2000's "Gladiator" revitalized the sword-and-sandal genre with its epic depiction of ancient Rome. While "Gladiator's" Maximus (Russell Crowe) wasn't a real person, the film does depict several ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you don't know, Gladiator II is now officially out, but before you go and see the sequel in theaters, below are some of the top ...

Maximus sees his family before dying after killing Commodus, restoring Rome’s hope, and finally reaching peace ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not that he’ll need to. The mad twin emperors have taken care of that, staging gonzo battle royales between gladiators and a ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

Marcus Aurelius was a Roman emperor and a Stoic philosopher whose words still inspire people today. In Meditations, he lays out how to live well, keep your cool when things get rough, and pay ...

Gladiator is about a general-turned-gladiator named Maximus (Russell Crowe), who was created just for the film. He is likely a fictionalized combination of the historical general Marcus Nonius ...