Is Your Favorite Movie Historically Accurate?

Published on July 24, 2019 By Jason Albert

Gladiator (2000)

We’re back with another Russel Crowe movie that challenges the perceptions of history. While Commodus was an unlikeable character, most historical evidence suggests that he was actually much worse than the movie made out.

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There were many things that Gladiator left out that might have been too squirmish for audiences. Finally, the final fight between Commodus and Maximus is exciting, it’s not really what happened. Commodus was actually strangled in a bath by Narcissus. Still, it doesn’t stop the film from being one of our favorites.