The drama in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, out Nov. 22, not only takes place in the Colosseum arena floor, but also in the ...

Geta and Caracalla are the twin Roman Emperors of Gladiator 2, and they take direct inspiration from a pair of real life ...

A Roman historian discusses the historical accuracy behind the erratic behavior of the young emperor Caracalla in Ridley ...

It’s clear Caracalla and Geta had an intense rivalry. This was kept in check while their father Septimius Severus was emperor ...

Gladiator 2 takes place 16 years after the first movie’s events and depicts a Rome with not one but two emperors: twins Geta ...

Gladiator II is great entertainment, but Ridley Scott missed the opportunity to tap into the provocative true story of when ...

As should be abundantly clear after “Napoleon,” “Robin Hood,” and “Kingdom of Heaven,” Ridley Scott is interested in history ...

The Ridley Scott sequel Gladiator II weaves in and out of the historical record. Here’s what really happened to Lucius Verus, ...

Just as Joaquin Phoenix played Commodus, an actual Roman emperor, in the 2000 hit starring Russell Crowe, the new characters ...

Macrinus (Denzel Washington) makes his power move by exploiting Emperor Caracalla (Fred Hechinger)’s resentment against his ...

The pacing of “Gladiator II” says a lot about what Ridley Scott’s priorities were for this film: spectacle, immersion, pure ...

Gladiator II is the sequel nobody saw coming. The original finished with Maximus and Commodus dead and we felt confident that ...