Gladiator II
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This article contains spoilers for Gladiator 2.
However, Caracalla and Geta were real Roman Emperors.
Unlike the first movie, Gladiator 2 features two different Roman emperors.
While this might seem strange, its rooted in real historical fact.
After Severus' death, the duo became increasingly untrusting of one another.
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However, the timeline ofGladiator 2makes these events happen much closer together, changing aspects of history.
This means that the entirety of Lucius' story inGladiatorandGladiator 2is fictional.
While this never happened, Dondas' position of power inGladiator 2at least has historical roots.
Gladiator 2 is the follow-up to Ridley Scott’s award-winning film Gladiator from 2000. Scott returns to direct the sequel, with Paul Mescal staring as Lucius, alongside Denzel Washington and Joseph Quinn as the villain Emperor Geta. Gladiator 2 had been stuck in development hell for years before a script written by David Scarpa finally moved forward.
Were There Sharks, Baboons, And Rhinos In The Colosseum Too?
In an interview withTimeOut,gladiator expert Alexander Mariotti both confirmed and debunked some of these inclusions.
This siege did happen in real life but took place much earlier than the film depicts it.
The conquest of Numidia was an important factor in the expansion of the Roman Empire.
This is depicted inGladiator 2’s opening, long after the Jugurthine War took place in real history.
Is Gladiator 2’s Doctor, Ravi, Historically Accurate?
Did The Colosseum Have A Figure Like Matt Lucas Announcing The Games?
InGladiator 2, Matt Lucas appears in several scenes as an extended cameo.
Was The Dream Of Rome Real?
A central thematic throughline ofGladiatorandGladiator 2is Marcus Aurelius' dream of Rome.
From “Are you not entertained?!”
For the most part, the dream of Rome is fictional.
