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Is "Gladiator" Realistic

How realistic is the movie Gladiator?

The box office hit Gladiator is driven by a Hollywood plot but retains a large amount of factual information. A lot of the characters names they used did exist but were not historically correct. The story-line of the movie was one created for the movie however it is quite realistically portrayed.

The basic plot starts with the Spaniard general of the Roman army, Maximus, leading his loyal troops to a heroic victory. The emperor Marcus Aurelius, who is approaching his death, asks Maximus to be his successor instead of his son Commodus. Commodus kills his father in reaction to the news and asks Maximus to serve him. When Maximus declines his offer and plots his death Commodus commands the death of Maximus and his family. He fights through his execution in attempt of saving his family but he arrives too late. Badly wounded he passes out is taken by slave traders. He is sold along with other slaves to Proximo to fight in the gladiator games.

Eventually they make it to the coliseum and Maximus becomes more popular with each victory he has. Commodus can't kill Maximus because Rome loves him so much, even though he knows that Maximus will kill him in revenge of his family and Marcu


Commodus Ruled from 180 to 192 AD. He was accurately portrayed as largely ignorant to the affairs to the city and fascinated with games and gladiatorial combat. By 192, he was said to have become convinced that he was Hercules reincarnated and had Rome renamed as Commodianus. He hated the senate and took every opportunity to kill senators and seize their property. He was known for climbing into the "ring" and fight gladiators and animals, each fight was grossly fixed. Commodus was unsuccessfully poisoned and then later strangled to death in his tub. The city celebrated by removing his name from inscriptions and tearing down his statues.

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This story, of course has a love story, intense action, and a secret plot considering it's a Hollywood film. But many parts of it are realistic historical facts. In is not impractical for this to have actually happened. The character are a little off base to reality but how each of them acted is fairly close to the truth. Overall, I would say that the facts are remotely accurate.

s Aurelius. Commodus' sister Annia Lucilla has a secret love for Maximus and a tremendous fear of Commodus. Commodus loves his sister and tries to bed her several times but never does. W

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