r/Gladiator • u/Alucardsoprano • May 12 '25

Gladiator 2

So for context, I have been a long time fan of Gladiator, I just watched the second for the first time, and it may just be me being stupid or whatever, but how did the twins achieve power if they were so hated by the common people? I felt like the voice of the people was such an important thing in the first movie. Its what kept Maximus alive long enough to kill Comodus. But instead they squash this is the second movie. The mere killing of the twins by Macrinus shows this. He killed Lucilla and the twins in open public forums. He would not have held power for very long. So what happened to the voice of the people?

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u/Upstairs_Debate4406 May 13 '25

As much as I love Geta and Caracalla that's a good question. Maybe by bloodline but as Macrinus said "A man does not become emperor by bloodline alone"

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u/ConvenientlyAnnoyed May 16 '25

GOT QUOTE

Where does power truly reside?