Roman empire....movie Gladiator ?

Question

The plot is fictional I know that ....my question is:
General Maximus ( fictional charector ) what is the size of the army he seems to command ...I mean Legion ? the entire Roman army ? or he was provincial governor in command of multiple legions ?..based on real people in his position ..

Answer 1

In command of Legion III Felix according to the movie..

Answer 2

Typically there were 5000 to 6000 men in the whole legion. Each had their own name, for instance the ones stationed in Britannia at the end of the first century AD were: II Augusta, XX Valeria Victrix, II Adiutrix, and IX Hispana.

Maximus' legion was III Felix (meaning 'lucky') and were a battle-hardened Danubian legion in which Maximus was the head of the cavalry division as well as occupying a senior post. Seeing as he was a provincial farmer, he probably didn't occupy a position normally taken by noblemen, such as Legate or General. It is unclear what he was. Of course, legion III Felix didn't actually exist.

Answer 3

Marcus Aurelius was a real Roman Emperor, as well as a great philosopher and writer. His son Commodus succeeded him as Emperor, fought in he Collosseum, and was assassinated.
The Army was organized in 100's, each led by a Centurion. The army as operated from the time of Augustus can generally be referred to as the 'classic' legion, the armed body of men which most imagine in their minds upon hearing the word 'legion'. And it is this state of the legion which is largely recreated in illustrations or Hollywood movies.
Under Julius Caesar, the army had become a highly efficient and thoroughly professional body, brilliantly led and staffed.
To Augustus fell the difficult task of retaining much that Caesar had created, but on a permanent peace-time footing. He did so by creating a standing army, made up of 28 legions, each one consisting of roughly 6000 men. Additional to these forces there was a similar number of auxiliary troops. Augustus also reformed the length of time a soldier served, increasing it from six to twenty years (16 years full service, 4 years on lighter duties).
Between the reigns of Augustus and Trajan the Roman Army perhaps reached its pinnacle. It is the army of this time which is generally understood as the 'classical' Roman army. However, contrary to popular belief, this was not the army which was eventually defeated by the northern barbarians.
The Roman army evolved, changing in time, adapting to new challenges. For a long time it didn't need to change much as it held supremacy on the battlefield. And so until AD 250 it was still the heavy armed infantry which dominated the Roman army. Between the reigns of Augustus and Trajan the Roman Army perhaps reached its pinnacle. It is the army of this time which is generally understood as the 'classical' Roman army. However, contrary to popular belief, this was not the army which was eventually defeated by the northern barbarians.
The Roman army evolved, changing in time, adapting to new challenges. For a long time it didn't need to change much as it held supremacy on the battlefield. And so until AD 250 it was still the heavy armed infantry which dominated the Roman army. But the day of gladius and the pilum were eventually to become a thing of the past.

Answer 4

A general in the Roman army was in charge of any number of soldiers. He would not have been a provincial governer--politicians in Rome were much like today- they sent people to war, but never went themselves. Under generals were Centurians who were in charge of 100 people, and the chain went from there. He may have been in charge of 1000 people, or he may have been in charge of 10,000. All we know is that Maximus Decimus Meridius was the General of the Armies of the North, husband to a murdered wife and the father of a murdered son, and he will seek vengeance in this life or the next. HAHA. hope all this helped