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

The scene is shown at various points throughout Gladiator, yet it's true meaning isn't apparent until the film's emotional ending. After facing off against and defeating Commodus - played by ...

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 ...