Marcus Aurelius the emperor, not Marcus Antonius the triumvir. Aurelius was co-emperor with Lucius Verus from 162-169 when Verus died. He later made his son Commodus co-emperor in 177 until Marcus’ death in 180
Good point. I caught on to that, too. I'd say more, but it'd ruin the ending for those who haven't seen it yet.
That shark bit, though...!! I researched it... NEVER HAPPENED!! Ugh... 🤬
Like... WHYYYYY?!?!? 🤬🤬🤬
The Roman dictators used to be one issue project managers. Then they devolved into other roles, and other nations took on that favored title, even US Presidents.
BTW, did you like the first Gladiator a lot better than the second one like I did? I thought the first one seemed to have a much more fluid feeling to it and better acting overall.
Caracalla and Geta were brothers who ruled the Roman Empire until Caracella murdered Geta.
And after them one other pair of brothers, Tiberius and Gaius ruled the Roman Empire. But I see what you mean. Elmo and Frumpy are definitely like that of Geta and Caracalla in terms of their personalities.
There were secret co-emperors who ruled behind the scenes, a record of them was left by using alias names for them. In the Roman Republic, there were 2 known rulers, the Empire changed that so one was known, and one was hidden from the public, but the elite knew.
A paper written to give a relatively simple example of ancient royals using alias names. The author of history known as Tacitus has been a trusted authority on first century history. But, only royals were writing & they used pen names to hide that fact. #HistorySky
With information from many great scholars such as Bruno Bauer, James Hannay, Sir Ronald Syme, & Abelard Reuchlin, we can utilize a process in which we may slowly, but surely, work our way thru the bogus (alias) names in ancient texts. #AncientSky #HistorySky
There were always 2 consuls because the Romans didn't want a return to a elected monarchy after the assassination of the last king, Lucius Superbus. I only wrote this because Lucius Superbus is a great name for a mass transportation cartoon superhero.
the Roman senate and the republican offices still existed by that time, even if they were mostly rubber-stamping what the emperor(s) said. In fact, the senate survived *long* after the fall of the republic: until 603 in Rome and until 1202 in Constantinople after the 4th crusade
Now try Captain America: Brave New World (formerly “New World Order”):
Newly anointed US President (Harrison Ford) - and the free world - are progressively manipulated, divided & humiliated by the brain mutated supervillain ‘The Leader’
The two kings in this movie are mentally unstable, petty, wear makeup, and have weird hairstyles (blonde hair as well). It’s as if they’re parodying someone.
But there was the third character, Macrinus, who had built himself up from a slave. He manipulated the weaker brother (Trump) and was able to help him murder the 'saner' brother (Leon). He then took control of the senate. Who is Macrinus? Are the USAmerican people the gladiators? Who is your Lucius?
Since Macrinus played both sides and took control of the senate, I'd say it was Vance. I would hope that US peeps were both the gladiators and the romans. Especially since the roman people seemed to follow the ceasars like sheep.
I WAS JUST THINKING THIS!! He's just sitting back, waiting to take over. I postulated as the election campaigns rolled out whether he'd have to literally take Trump out, but he may just have to wait for the trash to take itself out. Please be the gladiators and the Romans. Bit where else Lucius??
AOC has been amazing, and Jasmine Crockett OMG 😍 let me think - in the movie, Lucius sends his father's ring as a message to Acacius's old forces to come to Rome. Who, then, is Acacius? (general for the mad emperors, turned rebel and killed by them)...
No joke, everyone should go watch Gladiator 2 asap with their family and friends and be reminded of how the Roman people dealt with shitty power mongrels.
To be dull, under the Republic (before “Caesars”) there were always 2 Consuls so that the power/madness of one was always tempered by the other…until Augustus came along…oh, and his proper name was Gaius Octavius, but that wasn’t grand enough.
I read the two Caesars as Trump and Vance, since they were legal rulers. When the syphillitic one (Trump) appoints "Citizen Macrinus", the richest man in Rome, as 2nd Consul, that’s when I thought of Musk.
90 percent of every idea Trump spews out of his shit hole was probably something he saw on TV or the Movies. I honestly don’t think he’s capable of coming up with anything original on his own.
He got "Crooked Hillary lock her up!" from Russian campaign advisors. And "America First" was coined by the KKK in the 1930s. Trump father was arrested during an anti-Catholic KKK demonstration in the 1940s.
One kills the other in front of their mother, and the surviving caesar eventually gets assassinated by his own men while taking a piss on the side of a road. At least that's the history of the bad bros, Caracalla & Geta.
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That shark bit, though...!! I researched it... NEVER HAPPENED!! Ugh... 🤬
Like... WHYYYYY?!?!? 🤬🤬🤬
And after them one other pair of brothers, Tiberius and Gaius ruled the Roman Empire. But I see what you mean. Elmo and Frumpy are definitely like that of Geta and Caracalla in terms of their personalities.
Wonder who will "Head" at the end 🤔 👀
https://www.academia.edu/35931246/The_Optimus_In_Plinys_Panegyricus
https://www.academia.edu/10784164/Discovering_Tacitus_As_Neratius_Priscus
https://www.academia.edu/10631176/Working_Through_Bogus_Names_In_Ancient_Texts
Newly anointed US President (Harrison Ford) - and the free world - are progressively manipulated, divided & humiliated by the brain mutated supervillain ‘The Leader’
There’s no way based on the first movie that Lucious is his son.
Lets hope.
We were making the same comments how it’s a very familiar scenario for some reason.
I’m embarrassed I googled to check.
😂
They weren't fooling me with that nonsense ramming speed... 😂
#TrumpAndMusk
Both douchebag co-Caesars and their puppet master got exactly what they deserved.
Here’s hoping we get the same badass ending. Soon.
I’ll look it up later
… accurate.
Wait till Gladiator III: The Tetrarchs
One can but hope.
I hope our movie ends the same way.
It's a series of worsening airliner crashes.