That's actually "Pertinax", the successor after the fall of Commodus

AND THE BRITISH ACTORS MADE THIS WONDERFUL FILM ,,,, NOT SO THE ITALIAN ACTORS ,,,,, EXCEPT SOFIA

@@silviasantos4215 Silvia..these British Actors give homage to the Great Roman Empire..If you are Italian then I respect your comment..if not, you are just a critic..Viva Italia

@@richtersiegfried61 Wrong - the Pertinax you refer to was the Praetorian Prefect,not the Governor of Brittania.

Armenia was an independent nation rather than a Province or a client state. And really important in Rome's ongoing war with the Parthians. So they'd want to make sure to give special recognition

@@charleslopez1596 yes.They were essentially a buffer state v Parthian aggression.And later v the Sassanids.

@@richardscanlan3167 Armeni exists before rome, look todo assyrians tablets they call armenia as Armanum , ifyou know history even there was no greece, rome that time. Urartu state was an armenian state, also there is tens of armenian kingdom around the anatolia ( which was controling the anatolia) . Also Herakles was an armenian.

That was a nod to Armenia because of Cold War tensions with Turkey. This film is wonderful, but it's very much Cold War propaganda, to say hey NATO is Pax Americana

Seriously? This movie is over 50 years old. The writers, directors, producers and actors are mostly dead. Let that sink in for a minute.

And that African looks very sub-saharan to me.

@Sky Captain Imagining calling a commentor an SJW because they made a joke.. imagine being that pathetic.

@Sky Captain I don't think Rome ruled Ethiopia.

To be fair. The Romans had a very rich and prosperous province called Africa centered around the former Tunisian and coastal Libyan parts of coastal north Africa. But the Roman governors were not necessarily Sub Saharan black. Nor the governors of Judea necessarily Jewish for that matter. Poetic license.

This is a movie, don't forget that it's primary role is to entertain. And if that means sacrificing an announcer for some comedic value then in the name of Kaesar let it be.

ahah yeah, I enjoy this movie, but I have always found hilarious that they thought that roman governors were some kind of local tribe-leader.

It is, watch it if you can.

time flies by,doesn't it

Gladiator is a bad remake of R &F

Added to that,he was sent to Rome,where he would be tried.While there,he was allowed to walk around the city - with an armed escort.He spent his time converting people to Christianity haha. He was ofc tried, after 2 yrs in captivity,and found guilty.He was decapitated, as you point out so spared the slow death of crucifixion.

Emperors outrank kings ;)

Nothing to Spiffy ! Or was that a reference to the film of the same name?

George tom that was Marcus Aurelius. Julius Caesar died centuries before, but Roman emperors continued to use his name because he was so popular with common people and the legions.

@@1Heirborn actually it had more to do with the fact his nephew and heir Octavian adopted his name. As he was the first emperor,it stands to reason the name stuck.

xadam2dudex where exactly and by who is it recorded that he was murdered????? The movie Gladiator isn't factual dumbass. Aurelius died of natural causes,and even if he had been murdered he had already groomed Commodus for the throne, so what exactly do you think him living another few years would have achieved that would have had such a colossal effect on history??????

Octavian Caesar Hibernicus you fucking idiot it is historical fact that Romans used poison on a number of emperor including Marcus Aurelious ... and this is not Gladiator

xadam2dudex zoooom, that was my comment going over your stupid head. Reread and answer how his death somehow changed the course of human history and who's the ancient Roman writer who recorded him being poisoned??? Dumbass.

News to me,that Marcus Aurelius was poisoned.AFAIK he died of natural causes while on campaign. Although your point of emperors being poisoned holds true.For example Claudius was poisoned with mushrooms to hasten his death.And there would have been plenty more.

it was a common practice in the Roman court to poison not just the emperor but also his family and other rivals... many times the poisoning was done by order of the emperor...Marcus Aurelius's health took a sudden downturn in the spring of 180 AD before the new round of campaigns were to start ...it is rumored that his son and eventual successor, Commodus, who was made consul and co-emperor with his father at age 15 was behind the death of his father ..he had no stomach for war since he was young and more attracted to high and easy living, Commodus abandoned his father’s scheme, to bring the barbarians in as new provinces, and made peace with the barbarians

Still the standard response from most Americans.

The rule changed after the Republic ended. Under Augustus, proconsuls could be appointed by the senate or the emperor, whether they had been former consuls or not.

It's still better than Gladiator, a poor remake. But you're right the script is a bit stiff and let's down what us otherwise a beautifully made film. The sets and costuming has no comparison in accurately representing the period of late 2nd Century CE

Idiot, in what century do you live. Shut up and get back on the plantation hillybilly inbred