In Gladiator, Lucius is the son of Lucius Verus I, who jointly ruled Rome with Marcus Aurelius until his death. The first film establishes a deep connection between Maximus and the young Lucius ...

So I’m gonna do my best to get to the bottom of how historically accurate, or not, Gladiator II is. More From the Colosseum ...

Reteaming with Napoleon and All The Money In the World scribe David Scarpa, Scott lays down a story of Lucius Verus, son of Lucilla ... the revolutionary gladiator Maximus (Russell Crowe).