The ending of Gladiator 2 leaves it somewhat ambiguous whether Lucius becomes the emperor of Rome. It doesn’t explicitly show a coronation or Lucius taking control of the administration of the ...

Macrinus becoming the Emperor would end the line of Emperors present throughout the Gladiator films, destroying the legacy of his old master, Marcus Aurelius, and finalizing his revenge ...

Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius ... The powerful general is captured and put into the Gladiator games until he dies.

During that century, known gladiator fans such as the Emperor Claudius and the future emperor Vespasian visited Britain (both as part of the conquest). Vespasian (whilst commander of a legion ...