The Roman public knows him by the ... Similar to the real Macrinus, he gains the loyalty of the Praetorian Guard and their ...

In real history, all three of Lucilla and ... complete with the support of the Roman Army, the Praetorian guard, and the ...

In the climax of the movie, Macrinus murders Caracalla and attempts to make himself the de facto emperor with the support of the Praetorian ... it means to be a “real” Roman changing as ...

Ridley Scott’s two “Gladiator” movies aren’t exactly real history ... He served as the prefect of the imperial Praetorian Guard (which you might remember were excellent sword fodder ...

Warning: Full spoilers follow for Gladiator II as well as ancient Roman history circa 200 CE ... Gladiator II is. The real Lucius Verus died as a boy. Paul Mescal stars as Lucius Verus, the ...

Roman Emperor Marcus Opellius Macrinus reigned ... in administrative roles in lower-ranking positions of the Praetorian Guard. Under Emperor Caracalla in A.D. 212, Macrinus was promoted to ...

Here’s what you need to know about the real history behind Gladiator II ... encouraging onlookers to return to the democratic ideals of the Roman Republic. Like Maximus and Lucius, most ...

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 ...