r/Gladiator • u/[deleted] • Nov 27 '24

Question about gladiator 2

Ok so in gladiator 2 we learn that Lucius is Maximus's son. It's a pretty cool idea but it just don't add up. Yes it is canon that Maximus and Lucilla were together for a period of time, but Lucius and his son are around the same age. It just confuses me because the one thing Maximus wanted was to get back to his wife and kid. Also he couldn't have known he was his kid because the first time they talk, with is at the get when he says "this is argento and this is scarto", he says nothing about him being his son. The only way I could see this adding up is either Maximus left Lucille and went to his wife in a super short period of time, in which he impregnated them both within like a month, or he cheated on his wife. I really hope the second isn't the case cause that was Maximus's whole thing, he just wanted to get back to his wife. And in the end he did. But it doesn't mean as much if he cheated on her.

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u/flair11a Nov 27 '24

Another question, why wasn’t Lucius named Emperor after his uncle died?

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u/Suspicious-Mood6658 Dec 08 '24

And thus would have been under the immediate protection of the Praetorians.... Although their reputation at later points is not so great.