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[โ€“] frog@feddit.uk 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In the movie The Gladiator (2000), Commodus wanted to keep the bloodline pure with Lucilla. Really weird considering in history, she was married and actually tries to have Commodus killed.

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago

Honestly, as fun as Gladiator is, there are a lot of inaccurate moments in the movie like that.