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* [[Hollywood History]]: Marcus Aurelius was eager to have Commodus take over, Commodus was strangled in his bath after a 13-year rule, and power did not transfer to the Senate after his death. That, and Rome was not "founded as a republic." It was a kingdom originally.
** Lucilla was executed by Commodus (she tried to assassinate him) in 182 AD, predeceasing him by a full decade.
* [[Jerkass Woobie]]: Commodus, big time. As the movie progresses, it becomes clear that he never got the love and acceptance from his family or people in general that all human beings want. This doesn't change the fact that he murders his own father and Maximus' family, repeatedly tries to kill Maximus himself, has incestuous feelings for his sister, and ultimately blackmails said sister into being his own personal sex slave(''using her son''). However, the scene where he murders his father in a fit of rage and grief after breaking down upon learning that the father is passing him over, and reveals that all he ever wanted was his father's love, encapsulates this perfectly.
* [[It Was His Sled]]: {{spoiler|Maximus dies.}}
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: "Are you not entertained?!"
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