Caracalla and Geta are based on real Roman Emperors, who were given power and tasked with ruling alongside one another. In real life, the brothers came to power in the year 211, over thirty years ...

Character (s) Gracchus, Emperor Geta, Emperor Caracalla, Lucius Verus, Macrinus, Marcus Acacius, Lucilla Rating R Runtime 148 minutes Genres Drama, Action, History, Adventure, Epic ...

Just as Joaquin Phoenix played Commodus, an actual Roman emperor, in the 2000 hit starring Russell Crowe, the new characters Geta, Caracalla and Macrinus each did rule the empire.

Geta and Caracalla were real emperors, and the movie takes place during their joint rule, from 209-211. But not much is known about the brothers and their short reign.

Earlier this month, Fred Hechinger, who plays Roman emperor Caracalla in the film, told PEOPLE it was "a great honor" to share scenes with an actor as esteemed as Washington.

Enter: Mescal as Lucius, the son of Maximus -- the main character from "Gladiator," played by Russell Crowe -- and Lucilla, the elder child of the late Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

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Led by General Marcus Acacius (Pedro Pascal), Lucius is forced into slavery, choosing to fight as a gladiator to oppose the Roman emperors, Caracalla (Fred Hechinger) and Geta (Joseph Quinn).

I have recently begun reading Mary Beard’s SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, which covers a period of about a thousand years, from Rome’s founding until about A.D. 212 when Emperor Caracalla ...