after the death of Commodus in 192 CE, 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 ...

In real life, Commodus’ end was even messier than his Gladiator counterpart. The actual Roman emperor, infamous for his God-complex and political ineptitude, was poisoned by his mistress.

Elon Musk sent shockwaves through the crypto market and social media when he changed his X profile name to “Kekius Maximus,” ...

Gladiator 2 gives Emperor Caracalla a pet monkey named Dondas, which takes inspiration from a different Roman Emperor and their beloved pet.

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 ...

Statue of Roman emperor Hadrian. This intrepid Redditor ... Antoninus Pius, Lucius Verus, and Commodus. In the “Hot” tier are Otho, Marcus Aurelius, Pertinax, Septimius Severus, Aurelian ...

picks up approximately a decade and a half after the death of Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris), the Roman emperor who dreamed of a better empire before being killed by his son Commodus (Joaquin ...

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 ...

In the Gladiator sequel, Mescal plays Commodus’s nephew Lucius, who must “look to his past to find strength” as he enters the Colosseum and works to return Rome to its former glory ...

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 ...