Commodus's 'Obligated In The Film Gladiator'

Director Ridley Scott translates actual historical events by adding the Hollywood flair, vast inaccuracies compared to the stories told by Julius Capitolinus and Aelius Lampridus. Although a fantastic film, there are a number of inaccuracies and archaisms. Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Commodus are the focal point of this film. The film gladiator portrays romantic versions of the Senate and antagonistic, more than usual, versions of the Emperor.
There are flagrant misunderstanding of the Roman political climates and just how dirty they would play. Commodus's inelegant ascension is way more smooth in the movie than it would have been. Fiction is never obligated to the facts but to the essence of history and should you wish to create a fabricated account of Commodus murdering his father and dying in the arena that's fine, but you should stay as close to the manner of how it would happen as possible, which itself is greatly interesting.
In the movie there is no evidence showing Commodus killing his father Marcus …show more content…
In relation to the opening scene; knowing that they would be marching into dense forest it is also unlikely the legion would have built and deployed any of their siege equipment. The most professional organized army of the ancient world using no tactics at all. They just ran at the enemy with no unit cohesion and in no apparent battle formations. The entire scene in Germania was just too awkward with politicians that are too brazen to have survived as long as they have, much less to survive that very scene, as Commodus enjoys a rip roaring success through the impossible feat of absconding with a popular general from his own camp and having him executed with no hitches. I don't mind playing loose with the facts, but playing loose with the spirit bothers