Geta and Caracalla, we are told, rule tyrannically, and Lucius tells the people of the Colosseum that what happened to their political opponents can also happen to them.

Co-emperors Caracalla and Geta inherited the throne in 211 CE, after their father Septimius Severus’ 18-year reign. They weren’t twins, although the 23-year-old Caracalla was only 11 months older than ...

The film portrays the Emperors Caracalla and Geta, brothers played by Fred Hechinger and Joseph Quinn respectively, as incompetent rulers of a once great empire. They lavish themselves in food, drink ...

Ridley Scott weaponizes the once-in-a-lifetime theatrical talents of Denzel Washington to organize the Shakespearean downfall of Ancient Rome .

Set in AD200, the film places Caracalla and Geta at the centre of political intrigue. This is despite the fact that the real imperial heirs were still only children, around nine and ten years old at ...

Caracalla and Geta's father Septimius Severus was an emperor from Libya so Denzel could have played that role - and his sons would have been half African so not how the are depicted on screen.

Unlike his protégé, Jubartha accepts his fate, choosing not to fight back as a baboon mauls him to death. This horrific scene severs Lucius’ last tie to Numidia and sets him on a path toward Rome, ...

The drama in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, out Nov. 22, not only takes place in the Colosseum arena floor, but also in the stands, between the emperors Geta and his older brother, Caracalla ...

Just as Joaquin Phoenix played Commodus, an actual Roman emperor, in the 2000 hit starring Russell Crowe, the new characters Geta, Caracalla and Macrinus each did rule the empire.

The younger brother died in their mother's arms. Following this, Caracalla had 20,000 men and women either murdered or proscribed for being the followers of Geta.

Very few people are left standing by the end of “Gladiator II.” But who emerges victorious in the Roman Colosseum? Keep reading for a detailed ending explanation.