02-22-2015, 01:24 PM
Italian archaeologists have investigated the real life of the soldier that inspired the character of Maximus Decimus Meridius in the movie "Gladiator".
The equestrian officer Lucius Iulius Vehilius Gratus Iulianus was commander of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, fighting against Germans and Sarmatians. Then, he was appointed praetorian prefect by Emperor Commodus who, shortley after, killed him after inflicting him many humiliations, like gladiator game in the Colosseum arena.
The original epigraphic stele and a new movie about Iulius Iulianus is displayed at "Museo delle Terme di Diocleziano" in Rome.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucio_Giuli...uliano.jpg
arrivederci,
Emilio
The equestrian officer Lucius Iulius Vehilius Gratus Iulianus was commander of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, fighting against Germans and Sarmatians. Then, he was appointed praetorian prefect by Emperor Commodus who, shortley after, killed him after inflicting him many humiliations, like gladiator game in the Colosseum arena.
The original epigraphic stele and a new movie about Iulius Iulianus is displayed at "Museo delle Terme di Diocleziano" in Rome.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucio_Giuli...uliano.jpg
arrivederci,
Emilio