Rome, circa 209 A.D. Sixteen years after the demise of Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator (2000), the Roman Empire is now ruled by the tyrannical Emperors Caracalla ...

in Gladiator (2000) and will feature his son Lucius (Paul Mescal) this time as the new age 'Gladiator'. The events of the latest movie are set almost two decades after what happened in the 2000 film.