However, the rest of the world had bigger ambitions for him. When Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) attempts to name Maximus as his successor, Maximus immediately and profusely turns him down.

Instead, Aurelius believes that the new emperor of Rome should be Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe), one of his generals who is an expert fighter but also a humble person who wants what’s ...

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 ...

That's Lucius (Mescal), the son of Marcus Aurelius' daughter Lucilla (Connie Nielsen, reprising her role from the first film), and Maximus himself, who has been living a quiet life in hiding since ...

Rome, circa 209 A.D. Sixteen years after the demise of Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator (2000), the Roman Empire is now ruled by the tyrannical Emperors Caracalla ...