Gladiator
The film Gladiator took place in the time period of the reign of Marcus Aurelius (161-180 A.D.) and the reign of Commodus (180-192 A.D.). The film started off with the Romans preparing to fight the Germanic tribes. The Germans arrive and the fighting quickly begins. When the Germans shot arrows at the Romans, they strategized and got into a turtle formation, and the Germans eventually fell to the Romans.
Marcus Aurelius awards Maximus calling him Rome's greatest general and is very proud of him. As all of this praising is happening, Commodus gets very jealous of everyone looking up to Maximus. Marcus Aurelius soon sent for Maximus and told him he wants him to be in power and return Rome to a republic after his death. Maximus turns down the offer because he just wants to go home. Thinking selfishly, Commodus strangles his own father so he could go into power. "The monstrous views of Commodus have cast a shade on the purity of his father's virtues" (Gibbons Ch.4, p.42).......
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