He wasn't even the first African Roman emperor (that would be Geta and Caracalla's father, Septimius Severus). The gold earrings that Washington wears in "Gladiator II" aren't just Hollywood ...

With the gladiatrix banned by Septimius Severus in 200 C.E., blotted from Roman history, and overlooked in both “Gladiator II” and its predecessor, it seems we’re still not ready for a woman ...

"Gladiator II" opens with a Roman fleet brutally ... but also the politics of the empire. The emperor Septimius Severus (father of Caracalla and Geta) was born in Leptis Magna in modern-day ...

Gladiator 2 takes place 16 years after the ... They were the sons of Septimius Severus, who was Rome’s emperor from 193 to 211, and his second wife Julia Domna. Severus named Caracalla as ...

until Septimius Severus secured the throne. He would go on to rule for 17 years, followed by his sons Geta and Caracalla, our friends from Gladiator II! He sure did. As played by Denzel Washington ...

Gladiator II sweeps viewers back to the gladiator ... Historical accounts show that their father, Septimius Severus, appointed Caracalla as his own co-emperor in 198 CE. After Severus died more ...

Gladiator II is a sequel ... who's based on a real figure from Roman history named Geta. After Emperor Septimius Severus died, he intended for his sons—Geta and Caracalla—to rule together.

the cruel and creepy emperor portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator I, died. The tumultous “year of the five emperors” followed, culminating in Caracalla’s father, Septimius Severus ...