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

Who Was Emperor After Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus Died in Gladiator I? The original Gladiator of course ends with Crowe’s ...

Before Paul Mescal donned his armor in Gladiator II, Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix faced off 25 years ago in Gladiator; ...

Commodus was a gladiator manqué who may ... Soothsayers advised the cuckolded emperor that he should have the gladiator killed, and that Faustina should bathe in his blood and immediately ...

He died in the arena at age 30 ... His name was Emperor Commodus, who you might recognise from the movie Gladiator. He was a deeply unpopular emperor who ruled Rome until his assassination ...

as Crowe’s character could appear in flashbacks or dream sequences to get around that whole “he died at the end” thing. In the original Gladiator, Crowe’s Maximus is betrayed by Commodus ...

Oliver Reed, who played Proximo, died during a break from filming ... "Joaquin Phoenix's Commodus in Gladiator; certainly for my characterization of Joffrey," he told EW, "that had a big impact ...