Without scrutinizing the finer points of their rule, the movie accurately depicts them in power around this time.
After Macrinus kills Lucilla,Lucius kills Macrinus to prevent him from seizing control of the entire Roman Empire.
There were only more emperors in power until the empire’s fall in the 5th century.
However, the movie then suggests that Lucius prevents this course of history from playing out.
However, the movie then suggests that Lucius prevents this course of history from playing.
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.
