Commodus: The Emperor Who Entered the Arena

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]There is a movie that no one has ever seen, no one has ever written, no one has ever shot, but it's there lying in wait in the pages of history. The title is one you might recognize, The Gladiator. Only instead of being an epic [music] story of revenge, it is a comedy and a tragedy, a character piece. Of course, the protagonist is one you know, one you could recognize from history or from the movie itself, The Gladiator, Commodus.

[00:00:29]Our gladiator doesn't need an enemy, doesn't need a Maximus. His story works by itself because he was the gladiator wanted to be, wanted to be the hero of the arena, son of one of the most beloved emperors [music] Rome had ever seen and the last of the five good emperors.

[00:00:50]Today, we're going to watch that movie together [music] and see who was actually the gladiator.

[00:00:57]Let's get into it.