Just as Joaquin Phoenix played Commodus, an actual Roman emperor, in the 2000 hit starring Russell Crowe, the new characters Geta, Caracalla and Macrinus each did rule the empire.

As alluded to when exploring the lives of Caracalla and Geta, Macrinus also existed in Roman history. Like in Gladiator 2, Macrinus became Emperor after killing Caracalla, though his reign did not ...

Caracalla and Geta are based on real Roman Emperors, who were given power and tasked with ruling alongside one another. In real life, the brothers came to power in the year 211, over thirty years ...

This means that Macrinus was the only Roman Emperor to have never ruled from Rome itself, despite him never leaving the city in Gladiator II. For a little more than a year, he ruled with his son ...

In 2000, Ridley Scott’s Gladiator redefined the modern epic, catapulting Russell Crowe to Oscar glory and reviving Rome’s ...

Rome was indeed ruled by an emperor named Macrinus from 217-218, though the real-life man has been described as a lawyer who moved up through the equestrian class (the Roman cavalry) and worked ...

Meanwhile, Acacius comes home to wife Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) – daughter of Roman ruler Marcus Aurelius from the first film – and co-emperors Geta (Joseph Quinn) and Caracalla (Fred Hechinger ...

Captured by Roman forces led by General Marcus Acacius, he is thrust into the gladiatorial arena. As he battles for survival, he encounters Macrinus, a former slave-turned-merchant, and faces the ...

“Gladiator ll” — 1.5 stars In the spectacularly violent, 200 AD Roman epic “Gladiator II,” limbs get lopped and heads get chopped, but the majority of casualties die from being talked to ...

Meanwhile, Macrinus manipulates him to steer the public’s routing interest away from the emperor. It’s a rich if slightly cartoonish tapestry of palace intrigue, with Macrinus deftly pulling ...

Years later, Lucius is captured and forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by emperors who take over Rome. All the while, after the death of his wife, Lucius seeks revenge on ...