When Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) attempts to name Maximus as his successor, Maximus immediately and profusely turns him down. As with many great epics, the essence of Gladiator's story comes ...

Marcus Aurelius. Lucilla (Connie Nielsen), Aurelius' daughter, then gives a rousing speech that Maximus' death should not be in vain. Rome is still a mess in "Gladiator II," set 16 years after the ...

Looking at the bath complex, Neubauer says, “confirmed for the first time that gladiators could recover from harsh, demanding training in a fully equipped Roman bath.” Marcus Aurelius was a ...

Beneath the starched togas and the pungent fug of gladiator sweat there are real ... strong and masculine emperor Marcus Aurelius to discover a much more complicated, naïve, flirtatious and ...

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 ...

Contrary to the "strength and honor" depicted in Hollywood films "Gladiator" and "Gladiator ... drama "Resolution 819" won the gold Marcus Aurelius award for best film voted by the public at ...

Danny Dyer guest stars as Cynthia's new boyfriend Cassius, a friendly local gladiator ... charmed apart from Marcus who hopes that, one way or another, their relationship will be short-lived.