Before Paul Mescal donned his armor in Gladiator II, Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix faced off 25 years ago in Gladiator; ...

From 180 to 192 C.E., Emperor Commodus ruled ancient Rome with an insatiable lust for power that brought an end to the fabled ...

Here is everything we know about Gladiator 2's release, cast, and story. The reunion of Maximus (Russell Crowe) and Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) in Gladiator is one of the most memorable scenes from ...

Nowadays, Marcus Aurelius is remembered less for his philosophizing than for being smothered by young Commodus at the start of the swords-and-sandals epic Gladiator. In reality, he succumbed to a ...

In the original Gladiator, Crowe’s Maximus is betrayed by Commodus, sold into slavery, and then returns to the Colosseum as a successful gladiator as he attempts to get revenge on the men that ...