![]() ![]() ![]() Upon learning Maximus is alive, Commodus, now the new Roman Emperor begins his plot to rid himself of Maximus. Bought by the former gladiator turned wealthy gladiator trainer Antonius Proximo (Oliver Reed), Maximum becomes a reluctant gladiator and Maximus decides to fight in the arena in Rome so he can get close to Commodus and kill him. Escaping and failing to save his family, Maximus is captured by slave traders and is enslaved. However, the Emperor's jealous son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) is displeased about this and in his rage he murders his father and orders Maximus to be executed and Maximus's family assassinated. ![]() However before Maximus retires and returns home, the Emperor asks Maximum to obey one last order from him and that he wants Maximus to be "protector of Rome" and to ensure that Rome becomes a republic again when he has passed on. After crushing Germanic barbarian warriors in armed conflict, Maximus Decimus-Meridius (Russell Crowe) the commander of the Roman imperial army is stunned when the frail Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) arrives and asks Maximus what he wishes for in return for his loyal service to the Empire and Maximus wishes to retire and go home to his family. ![]()
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