You likely know the name Commodus as the bad guy from Gladiator, the Best Picture winner from 2000. Played as a pervy psychotic by Joaquin Phoenix, Emperor Commodus is portrayed as a man with ...

That’s why Commodus’ murder of his father hits harder than any sword fight. And now, years later, with Gladiator 2 just aired, it’s the perfect time to revisit this brutal classic.

Commodus’ reign got off to a disastrous start when he made a huge rookie mistake. The problem wasn’t that he killed his own father, Marcus Aurelius. He had to.

Archeologists have unearthed a private mini-Colosseum built by the notorious Roman emperor who featured in the Oscar-winning film Gladiator. Commodus used the 2nd century ampitheatre on his estate ...

Three zodiacal signs-the Bull, the Capricorn and the Scorpion-are carved on the globe at the base of the Conservatori portrait of Commodus in which the Emperor is represented in the guise of Hercules.

That was Lucius, Commodus’ nephew, played by Paul Mescal The historical character of Imperial Rome seems to be different from the one we will see in the movie. Alberto Zaragoza Lerma Albertigues ...