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“ | There once was a dream that was Rome. | „ |
~ Lucius repeating the words of his late father Maximus Decimus Meridius and the latter's emperor Marcus Aurelius, also Lucius' late grandfather, when professing that Rome needs to be reformed into a fair republic |
“ | Speak to me father | „ |
~ Lucius respectfully mourning his father Maximus in the Coliseum in the same place where he died, also the last line in the movie |
Lucius "Hanno" Verus is a supporting character in the 2000 action biography movie Gladiator and the titular main protagonist in its 2024 sequel Gladiator II.
He is portrayed by Spencer Treat Clark as a child in the first film and Paul Mescal as an adult in the sequel Gladiator II.
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- In II he is similar to his father from the first film:
- Soldiers forced into slavery and became gladiators
- Lost a loved one (Maximus his wife and son; Lucius his wife Arishat)
- Have periodic visions of their family in the afterlife they believed in
- Seek vengeance on a prominent Roman authority figure (Commodus; Acacius, though abandoned)
- Are invited to help overthrow a tyrant, initially refused, but ultimately agree and become its leading revolutionary figure
- Killed the ruler of Rome (Commodus; Macrinus)
- There were hints that Lucius is Maximus' son:
- Before fighting began, they had the habit of grabbing a handful of the battlefield's soil to better understand the environment
- Despite combat prowess, he hold an interest in farming
- When enslaved, they are highly reluctant to fight as a gladiator, but were eventually forced to, displaying far greater than average skill that impressed a prominent slaver, who was once a gladiator themselves
- Typically stoic
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