Commodus reigned for over twelve years, unlike the shorter period portrayed in the film. The character of Maximus had a similar career (and personality traits as documented by Herodian) to Claudius Pompeianus (a Syrian) who married Marcus Aurelius' daughter Lucilla following the death of Lucius Verus. It is believed Aurelius may have wanted Pompeianus to succeed him as Caesar in preference to Commodus but was turned down.
Commodus reigned for over twelve years, unlike the shorter period portrayed in the film.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Commodus
Commodus
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
reign
reigned
VERB
VBD
case
for
for
ADP
IN
advmod
over
over
ADV
RB
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
twelve
twelve
NUM
CD
obl
Number=Plur
year
years
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
unlike
unlike
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Cmp
short
shorter
ADJ
JJR
obl
Number=Sing
period
period
NOUN
NN
acl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
portray
portrayed
VERB
VBN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
film
film
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
The character of Maximus had a similar career (and personality traits as documented by Herodian) to Claudius Pompeianus (a Syrian) who married Marcus Aurelius' daughter Lucilla following the death of Lucius Verus.
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Sing
character
character
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Maximus
Maximus
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
similar
similar
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
career
career
NOUN
NN
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
compound
Number=Sing
personality
personality
NOUN
NN
conj
Number=Plur
trait
traits
NOUN
NNS
mark
as
as
SCONJ
IN
acl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
document
documented
VERB
VBN
case
by
by
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Herodian
Herodian
PROPN
NNP
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Claudius
Claudius
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Pompeianus
Pompeianus
PROPN
NNP
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
appos
Number=Sing
Syrian
Syrian
PROPN
NNP
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
nsubj
PronType=Rel
who
who
PRON
WP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
marry
married
VERB
VBD
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Marcus
Marcus
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Aurelius
Aurelius
PROPN
NNP
case
's
'
PART
POS
obj
Number=Sing
daughter
daughter
NOUN
NN
appos
Number=Sing
Lucilla
Lucilla
PROPN
NNP
case
VerbForm=Ger
follow
following
VERB
VBG
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
death
death
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Lucius
Lucius
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Verus
Verus
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
It is believed Aurelius may have wanted Pompeianus to succeed him as Caesar in preference to Commodus but was turned down.
expl
Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
It
PRON
PRP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
believe
believed
VERB
VBN
nsubj
Number=Sing
Aurelius
Aurelius
PROPN
NNP
aux
VerbForm=Fin
may
may
AUX
MD
aux
VerbForm=Inf
have
have
AUX
VB
ccomp
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
want
wanted
VERB
VBN
obj
Number=Sing
Pompeianus
Pompeianus
PROPN
NNP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
succeed
succeed
VERB
VB
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
him
PRON
PRP
case
as
as
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Caesar
Caesar
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
preference
preference
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Commodus
Commodus
PROPN
NNP
cc
but
but
CCONJ
CC
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
conj
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
turn
turned
VERB
VBN
compound:prt
down
down
ADP
RP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.