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 ...

However, these rulers don't always last long either. Here is every Emperor of Rome who appears in Gladiator and Gladiator 2, how they compare to real life, and how they meet their end.

Throughout antiquity, kingdoms and nations rose and fell but Rome stood strong—until its steep decline. The fall of this ...

In real life, Marcus Aurelius ruled from 161 AD until 180 AD, embracing his son Commodus as co-emperor for the last three years of his life.

Historian David Soria dedicates a monumental biography, with special emphasis on military matters, to the first Caesar of ...

Yes, many of the characters in ‘Gladiator’ and its new sequel are based on actual figures from ancient Rome Just as Joaquin Phoenix played Commodus, an actual Roman emperor, in the 2000 hit ...

Historians record that the unified Roman Empire was ruled by 69 emperors between the first emperor Augustus (who reigned from 27 B.C. to A.D. 14) and Theodosius (ruled from A.D. 379 to 395), but ...

Another real-life Roman emperor, Commodus, the demented son of the esteemed Marcus Aurelius, was portrayed by Christopher Plummer in 1964’s The Fall of the Roman Empire and, more famously, by ...

Gladiator II might seem too wild to be believed — Colosseum rhinos and baboons and sharks, oh my! — but it’s based on real-life Roman history and people. Just as Joaquin Phoenix played ...