Ridley Scott ’s 2000 film Gladiator was a sensational tale of honor and betrayal in the ancient Roman empire. In the film, Rome’s dying emperor Marcus Aurelius fears that his son Commodus ...

Richard Harris played the Roman emperor-philosopher Marcus Aurelius in the Oscar-winning film, "Gladiator." But who was Marcus Aurelius really?

In real Roman history, Commodus and Gladiator 2 's emperor Geta are a few examples of emperors whose rules were subject to damnatio memoriae later on.

However, Caracalla and Geta were real Roman Emperors. After the death of Emperor Commodus in 192 AD, many began vying for the throne in what became known as the Year of the Five Emperors.

Commodus rises to power as Rome's new emperor, but not everyone supports his ascent. Among those conspiring against him: his older sister Lucilla.

Just as Joaquin Phoenix played Commodus, an actual Roman emperor, in the 2000 hit starring Russell Crowe, the new characters Geta, Caracalla and Macrinus each did rule the empire.

8.Lucilla tried to dethrone her brother Commodus. After Commodus becomes an emperor following his father's death, Lucilla begins to see how his vision for Rome will do more harm than good.

Dr. Elliott, author of Septimius Severus in Scotland and many other works in Roman history, gives us a look at the rise and fall of one of Rome’s most unusual Emperors, Publius Helvius Pertinax, the ...

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski seemed to reference President Biden's poor debate performance to the Roman emperor Commodus in a social media post this week.

In June of the year 68, the emperor Nero, on learning that the Roman Senate had declared him a public enemy, plunged a dagger into his throat (with the loyal assistance of his private secretary ...