The following contains spoilers for Gladiator 2, now playing in theatersGladiator 2's line of Emperors ends up being a major ...

Gladiator II is a historical fiction, and for some viewers, the emphasis is on “fiction.” The movie does not have any ...

Both Gladiator and its sequel, Gladiator 2, center around the dream of Rome, begging the question of what exactly this dream ...

Now, 24 years after the original film, Scott has returned to direct Gladiator II, which sees a new group of gladiators fight ...

Before you are pulled into this new cycle of Roman excess, political intrigue, and spectacle centered on the sands of the ...

Geta and Caracalla, however, are just the latest in a long line of wicked emperors to grace the screen. Indeed, evil emperors ...

Gladiator II invites viewers back to the heart of the Roman Empire to witness the Colosseum in all ... Connie Nielsen’s ...

As should be abundantly clear after “Napoleon,” “Robin Hood,” and “Kingdom of Heaven,” Ridley Scott is interested in history as a vehicle for studying characters and/or huge volleys of flaming arrows.

The Ridley Scott sequel Gladiator II weaves in and out of the historical record. Here’s what really happened to Lucius Verus, ...

The story of Gladiator kicks off in 180 AD. In the opening scene, the Roman Empire reaches its zenith under Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris), who leads his armies to victory against Germanic tribes in ...

The film follows the son of Russell Crowe’s Maximus who has been living under a new identity to escape Roman politics.

These portrayals are enough to make us wonder if any of the real historical figures depicted in these movies was an actual ...