By 217, Macrinus joined Emperor Caracalla’s campaign against the Parthian Empire in Central Asia. Caracalla didn’t fully trust Macrinus after allegedly hearing a prophecy that Macrinus would ...

The motivations and backstory of Denzel Washington's Gladiator II character, Macrinus, are explained by director Ridley Scott and his creative team.

During Gladiator II’s third act, Macrinus murders and beheads Emperor Geta (Joseph Quinn), the slightly older twin of his co-ruler, Emperor Caracalla (Fred Hechinger). Macrinus does this right ...

The Ridley Scott sequel Gladiator II weaves in and out of the historical record. Here’s what really happened to Lucius Verus, Lucilla, Macrinus, the twin emperors, and more.

Draped in flowy silk capes and adorned with rattling, chunky gold, and silver rings, Denzel Washington embodies the flashiest villain and the colosseum’s bullpen organizer, Macrinus.In Gladiator ...

Gladiator II is a decent sequel that could have been great if it had only focused on a different protagonist. Here's why Denzel Washington's Macrinus should have been the star of the show.

At age 14, Bassianus became emperor of Rome and assumed the name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus in A.D. 218. From that moment, his short, chaotic reign would scandalize Rome.

The rumor about Washington playing a Roman emperor may have arisen because there was, in fact, a Roman emperor named Macrinus in 217 and 218. However, he does not appear in the movie "Gladiator II." ...

In Mary Beard’s book, she examines twenty-nine of ancient Rome’s emperors beginning with Julius Caesar and ending with Alexander Severus, who ruled from 222 until 235 C.E.