
Maximus did not care if his own men got killed because it was acceptable as long as they won. They call him The Spaniard because as far as they are aware, he was captured by slave traders in Spain (after his family is killed). General Quintus Why is Maximus called Spaniard?

He kills his father and arranges the murder of the general’s family, and the general is sold into slavery to be trained as a gladiator – but his subsequent popularity in the arena threatens the throne. The emperor’s son is enraged when he is passed over as heir in favour of his father’s favourite general. Set in Roman times, the story of a once-powerful general forced to become a common gladiator. Commodus is jealous and feels that his father doesn’t love him and that’s why he kills him. The reason of this is that Marcus Aurelius thinks his son is a man without moral and not good to be the next emperor and decides that his general Maximus should be the protector of Rome and end corruption. What happens to the emperor Marcus Aurelius Why does Commodus decide to kill Maximus? Maximus shows leadership at the colosseum when he organizes the group of gladiators and manages to inspire them to follow him into a formation that prevented them all from dying quickly. How does Maximus show leadership as the fight at the Coliseum is about to begin?

The victory won of this battle ends with Maximus earning the esteem of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. The movie Gladiator begins with the Roman General Maximus leading the Roman army to victory against the German barbarian tribes, ending a perpetuate war. What happens at the beginning of Gladiator?

