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Russell Crowe as Maximus in 'Gladiator' (2000). ... 20-year-old Californian Alex Michelsen beats a 2nd top-20 seed at Australian Open. Weather. Weather. NBC Universal.
Maximus Decimus Meridius was the lead character in "Gladiator." At the movie's start, he's the general of a dominant army for the Roman empire and emperor Marcus Aurelius' successor to his throne.
The long anticipated sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 film “Gladiator” premiered in theaters on Nov. 22, starring Paul Mescal as Lucius, the exiled son of Maximus and Lucilla from the original ...
Spartacus [a] (/ ˈ s p ɑːr t ə k ə s /; c. 103–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator who was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.
The Third Servile War, also called the Gladiator War and the War of Spartacus by Plutarch, was the last in a series of slave rebellions against the Roman Republic known as the Servile Wars. This third rebellion was the only one that directly threatened the Roman heartland of Italy. It was particularly alarming to Rome because its military ...
It’s been nearly 25 years, but the Oscar-winning “Gladiator” is back! Or, at least, a sequel is! True, "Gladiator" star Russell Crowe can’t return as Maximus (for obvious reasons), but ...
The character Maximus is fictional, although in some respects he resembles Spartacus, who led a slave revolt, and Marcus Nonius Macrinus, a general and friend of Marcus Aurelius. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] [ 78 ] Although Commodus engaged in show combat in the Colosseum, he was not killed in the arena; he was strangled in his bath by the wrestler Narcissus.
Much has been said about Russell Crowe's absence from the new Gladiator sequel.. The actor, now 60, won an Oscar for Best Actor in 2001 for his performance in the first film as Maximus, a former ...