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The first was Emperor Lucius Verus, who ruled alongside Gladiator's Marcus Aurelius. The two ruled as co-Emperors as they ...

Macrinus was a villain in Gladiator II with an intriguing backstory, but he made a major mistake by not killing Lucius Verus Aurelius. The cast of Gladiator II includes Paul Mescal, Denzel ...

The real Lucius Verus died as a boy ... As the grandson of the late Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris), nephew of Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), and son of Lucilla, Lucius is a prince of ...

Set 16 years after the events of the first Gladiator, the story follows the stoic soldier Lucius Verus Aurelius (Paul Mescal), a name that avid watchers of the prequel will surely remember. He resides ...

Commodus’ sister Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) married a man named Lucius Verus who was like a foster brother to Marcus Aurelius and even reigned with him as co-emperor during his life. Lucius and ...

Decades have passed, but Maximus Decimus Meridius remains fresh in the memory as Paul Mescal's Lucius Verus picks up the ... of Rome's former emperor Marcus Aurelius and son of Lucilla ...

Gladiator 2 begins 16 years after the first film. The grandson of Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus Aurelius, seeks revenge on those who destroyed his family. After being captured by the Roman army ...

Marcus Aurelius was the last of the Five Good Emperors ... In practice, Lucius—now Lucius Verus—deferred to Marcus, who was ten years older and, by experience and temperament, better suited ...

Hadrian's strategy for a stable succession involved the adoption of Antoninus Pius as his heir, contingent on Antoninus adopting Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus as his successors. This adoption ...

Pascal’s Acacius is married to Lucilla, daughter of Marcus Aurelius and the former wife of Lucius Verus I. He described the character as “a soldier through and through.” “He’s also a ...