2006-09-28 03:05:15 · 8 answers · asked by Noble 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
No he did not exist. Some of the characters in the movie did truly exist, Marcus Aurelius and Commodus were actually emperors and father and son. Wars against the Germans wre being fought at that time. Commodus even did fight in gladitorial combat, however the gladiators he fought always let him win and their lives were spared. The majority of the story is false though it does a nice job of reflecting what Roman life was like at the peak of the empire before it began its decline, which some historians claim was started by Commodus.
2006-09-28 04:08:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maximus Decimus Meridius is the fictional character of ancient Rome who is the hero of the 2000 movie Gladiator and was played by Russell Crowe. In 2003 Maximus was on the American Film Institute list of 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains ranked last at #50 on the heroes list.
2006-09-28 10:18:49 · answer #2 · answered by pelancha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fascinating thing about fiction, it is a tale believably told. Many things about the film were meticulously correct, much of the open battle scene and much about normal life were square on.
There may have been such a general and he may have had such a demise, but not necessarily this general in this demise at this time, as depicted in the film.
Commoditus did fight drugged or subtly injured slaves and gladiators and was killed by a slave. In that some aspects of a piece of the scifi Dune were closer (the slave where a certain person was going to copulate with was not drugged enough and turned to attack). Commoditus had a fondness for males in his intimate pleasures.
2006-09-28 11:08:23 · answer #3 · answered by Rabbit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. But emperor Commodus (played by Joaquim Phoenix) did used to show off by fighting gladiators in the Coliseum, so there is some truth behind the film.
2006-09-28 10:39:36 · answer #4 · answered by hosmer_angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The two characters that existed were Marcus Aurelius & his son, Commodus.
2006-09-29 01:33:41 · answer #5 · answered by Kevin F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there's some truth to it. I think if you watch the special features on the DVD it tells you.
2006-09-28 10:15:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No he was a fictional character.
2006-09-29 06:24:03 · answer #7 · answered by samanthajanecaroline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes and now we call him BATMAN
2006-09-28 16:51:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋