maximus was fighting germanic tribes in the beginning of gladiator.
maximus was fighting germanic tribes in the beginning of gladiator.
who is maximus fighting in the beginning of gladiator?
germanic tribes
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in ad 180, hispano-roman general maximus decimus meridius intends to return to his home after he leads the roman army to victory against the germanic tribes near vindobona on the limes germanicus. emperor marcus aurelius tells maximus that his own son, commodus, is unfit to rule, and that he wishes maximus to succeed him, as regent, to help save rome (italy) from corruption. commodus, upon hearing this, murders his father.
gladiator (2000 film)
the film's plot was influenced by two 1960s hollywood films of the sword-and-sandal genre, "the fall of the roman empire" and "spartacus", and shares several plot points with "the fall of the roman empire", which tells the story of livius, who, like maximus in "gladiator", is marcus aurelius's intended successor. livius is in love with lucilla and seeks to marry her while maximus, who is happily married, was formerly in love with her. both films portray the death of marcus aurelius as an assassination. in "fall of the roman empire" a group of conspirators independent of commodus, hoping to profit from commodus's accession, arrange for marcus aurelius to be poisoned; in "gladiator" commodus himself murders his father by smothering him. in the course of "fall of the roman empire" commodus unsuccessfully seeks to win livius over to his vision of empire in contrast to that of his father, but continues to employ him notwithstanding; in "gladiator", when commodus fails to secure maximus's allegiance, he executes maximus's wife and son and tries unsuccessfully to execute him. livius in "fall of the roman empire" and maximus in "gladiator" kill commodus in single combat, livius to save lucilla and maximus to avenge the murder of his wife and son, and both do it for the greater good of rome.
gladiator (2000 film)