Many events of the movie "Gladiator" were both factual and fictional. At the beginning of the movie it was 180 AD and the emperor was Marcus Aurelius. It is true that Marcus Aurelius was emperor from 161AD-180AD in Rome, and he did have a movement against Germania. However, Marcus Aurelius was not assassinated, like the movie shows, he actually died of natural causes. Also, Marcus Aurelius' real son, Commodious, was indeed given the throne unlike the movie told, and there was no telling that Marcus Aurelius planned to hand over his throne to just anyone.
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