Be it in Ridley Scotts fictional Rome or the real historical Empire, rulers came and went; was Lucius Verus ever one of them, ...

Gladiator 2s protagonist, Lucius Verus, is based on a historical figure, yet the films exaggerated story drastically changes ...

The Ridley Scott sequel Gladiator II weaves in and out of the historical record. Here’s what really happened to Lucius Verus, ...

Gladiator II serves as a sequel to the 2000 Oscar-winning feature Gladiator. The plot takes 16 years after the first movie ...

Gladiator II is a decent sequel that could have been great if it had only focused on a different protagonist. Here's why ...

Paul Mescal plays Lucius, son of Maximus, in "Gladiator 2." Lucius was also in the first "Gladiator" film, though he was only ...

There are some unexpected connections between the two Ridley Scott films. The 7 Big Ways Gladiator II Connects to Gladiator ...

Just as Joaquin Phoenix played Commodus, an actual Roman emperor, in the 2000 hit starring Russell Crowe, the new characters ...

The "Gladiator" sequel centers on Lucius Verus, the secret son of Russell Crowe's character from the 2000 film. Both men ...

But Gladiator II lives in the shadow of Crowe’s performance, retconning a familial connection between Lucius and Maximus that ...

The pair of films did huge business as Thanksgiving gets underway in the United States. Globally, the movies have earned $164.2 million and $221 million, respectively.

A fair few main characters in Gladiator II are inspired by real-life historical figures, like Connie Nielsen's Lucilla and ...