 The movie ends with a duel between Commodus and a Roman general named Livius who was loyal to Marcus Aurelius and his belief in civic virtue. If all of that sounds familiar, it's because it's also the plot to Gladiator, the Ridley Scott film from 2000. In that film, Russell Crowe played the faithful general, this time named Maximus. Commander of the armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions.