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--> '''Maximus''': My name is [[AwesomeMcCoolname Maximus Decimus Meridius]], commander of the armies of the north, general of the Felix Legions. Loyal servant to the true Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a [[StuffedIntoTheFridge murdered son]], husband to a murdered wife. [[BadassBoast And I will have my]] [[{{Revenge}} vengeance]], [[BadassBoast in this life or the next]].
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* ''The point is'', that the wound would have killed a common man in no time, but Maximus lived long enough to obtain his revenge out of sheer [[{{Determinator}} Determination]].
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* ''The point is'', that the wound would have killed a common man in no time, but Maximus lived long enough to obtain his revenge out of sheer [[{{Determinator}} Determination]].
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It wasn't really a mob he was shouting at, the What The Hell Townspeople applies better to the stituation.
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* ShamingTheMob: Are you not entertained?! Is this not why you are here?!
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* DeletedScene: One of them has two allies of Maximus/the Senators about to be executed with arrows, and Commodus ''walking in front of them while the archers are tensed to fire''. This is supposed to show how insanely self-destructive he's become since becoming emperor.
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* DeletedScene: One of them has two allies of Maximus/the Senators guards who screwed up and allowed Maximus to escape about to be executed with arrows, and Commodus ''walking in front of them while the archers are tensed to fire''. This is supposed to show how insanely self-destructive he's become since becoming emperor.
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* DarkIsNotEvil / LightIsNotGood: For the final battle, Maximus is wearing black armor, and Commodus wears white.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Since The Pirates of the Caribbean came out the epic soundtrack of Gladiator brings to mind the quirky antics of Jack Sparrow more than the epic deeds of Maximus.
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Don't use that "I'm too lazy to type" chat-speak in the articles, please.
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** OTOH [[spoiler: He manages to save his fellow gladiators in the process and get Rome back in the path to glory.]] So its not all bad.
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** In any case, Marcus Aeruleus does admit the train-wreck that is Commodus as his fault.
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** OTOH [[spoiler: He manages to save his fellow gladiators in the process and get Rome back in the path to glory.]] So its not all bad.
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*'''[[BrianBlessed BRIAN BLESSED]]''': makes a cameo as an audience member in the coliseum.
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** And then immediately subverted: "Would you, Marcus? Would I?"
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** And then immediately subverted: "Would you, Marcus? Quintus? Would I?"
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Lampshaded in the opening scene.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Lampshaded in the opening scene. "A people should know when they're conquered."
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** And then immediately subverted: "Would you, Marcus? Would I?"
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*** It was incredibly strange by Roman standards for an Emperor to be participating in the Gladiatorial games. It would be roughly equivalent to the President of the United States participating in professional wrestling.
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*** It was incredibly strange by Roman standards for an Emperor to be participating in the Gladiatorial games. It would be roughly equivalent to the President of the United States participating in professional wrestling. Add to the fact that Commodus's reign exhausted the Roman treasury and put Rome in critically poor debt from which it never recovered. Commodus's reign is considered the turning point in Roman history, ending the prosperous Principate era and tipping it towards the crisis of the third century and the much poorer Dominate era.
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** Yes and no. It is true that the concept of a Roman Empire and a Roman Emperor are wholly modern inventions, but the senate was well aware of their rapidly diminishing political power. In fact, Commodus's immediate successor, Pertinax, was considered to have Republican virtues and almost immediately set about restoring power to the senate and balancing the exhausted treasury. Tragically, his reign (which could have gone down in history as one of the best, ever) was caught short by the Praetorian Guard due to his not giving in to their extortion demands, and they auctioned off the emperorship to the highest bidder (An ineffectual but wealthy aristocrat named Didius Julianus). This really riled a general named Septimus Severus, who walked into Italy and installed himself as Emperor. Unfortunately, Severus was a career soldier who didn't give two squirts about the senate.
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** Yes and no. It is true that the concept of a Roman Empire and a Roman Emperor are wholly modern inventions, but the senate was well aware of their rapidly diminishing political power. In fact, Commodus's immediate successor, Pertinax, was considered to have Republican "old school" virtues and almost immediately set about restoring power to the senate and balancing the exhausted treasury. Tragically, his reign (which could have gone down in history as one of the best, ever) was caught short by the Praetorian Guard due to his not giving in to their extortion demands, and they auctioned off the emperorship to the highest bidder (An ineffectual but wealthy aristocrat named Didius Julianus). This really riled a general named Septimus Severus, who walked into Italy and installed himself as Emperor. Unfortunately, Severus was a career soldier who didn't give two squirts about the senate.
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** Yes and no. It is true that the concept of a Roman Empire and a Roman Emperor are wholly modern inventions, but the senate was well aware of their rapidly diminishing political power. In fact, Commodus's immediate successor, Pertinax, was considered to have Republican virtues and almost immediately set about restoring power to the senate and balancing the exhausted treasury. Tragically, his reign (which could have gone down in history as one of the best, ever) was caught short by the Praetorian Guard due to his not giving in to their extortion demands, and they auctioned off the emperorship to the highest bidder (An ineffectual but wealthy aristocrat named Didius Julianus). This really riled a general named Septimus Severus, who walked into Italy and installed himself as Emperor. Unfortunately, Severus was a career soldier who didn't give two squirts about the senate.
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** There is a historical precedent for this. Lighting arrows on fire was a great way of terrifying the opposing force. Lugging out heavy siege catapults and several tons of ammunition, on the other hand....
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* TakeThatKiss: [[spoiler:Commodus, after fatally stabbing Maximus.]]
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* TakeThatKiss: [[spoiler:Commodus, after stabbing Maximus before their fight.]]
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* TakeThatKiss: [[spoiler:Commodus, after stabbing Maximus before their fight.]]
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* CompleteMonster - Joaquin Phoenix, who played Commodus, did a superb job of transitioning from the traditional pompous son of the emperor into a genuinely frightening and insane villain.
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* CompleteMonster - Joaquin Phoenix, JoaquinPhoenix, who played Commodus, did a superb job of transitioning from the traditional pompous son of the emperor into a genuinely frightening and insane villain.
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** The writers planned to have a scene with popular gladiators endorsing products, which happened historically, but it was decided that audiences would think it was unrealistic.
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*HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Commodus is not as bad in history as this movie would make you think. See below for the HollywoodHistory.
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Uh. If Maximus has a son, I sorta doubt his wife was a virgin, so this is irrelevant.
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*** Consider the fact that it was against Roman law to execute a virgin - a law rarely broken.
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*EvilVirtues: Commodus believed his virtues were just as good as the ones of a traditional ruler.
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* WinYourFreedom
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*YoungerThanTheyLook: According to one script/art book, Commodus is supposed to be 19.19.
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