Set 20 years after the death of Russell Crowe's Maximus, Gladiator 2 follows a grown-up Lucius Verus (Paul Mescal) as he is enslaved and sold as a gladiator. After escaping Rome as a child ...

We’re 16 years on from the events of that now-canonical first film, and our new hero, Paul Mescal’s Lucius Verus, has grown from Commodus’s imperilled nephew at the end of Gladiator to a ...

Following the death of Antoninus Pius in 161 CE, Lucius Verus ruled as co-emperor with his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius until his own death in 169 CE (see coin 26). As an heir to the emperor, he ...

This time, they’ve put sharks in the Colosseum. In one corner, we have Paul Mescal’s Lucius Verus, son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and our deceased hero Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe).

While Lucius is perhaps not as memorable as Maximus (partly because he’s a similar well-used heroic type), Mescal entirely convincing in the role and very able in the fight scenes. If there is a ...

The British wartime leader's statue had occupied a prominent position in the White House until President Biden removed it in 2021, replacing it with a bust of civil rights leader Cesar Chavez.

If you are a middle child, or have a sibling who is a middle child, you may be wondering if “middle child syndrome” is a real thing. Middle child syndrome is the belief that middle children ...

Help your child learn the process and build good habits Jim Probasco has 30+ years of experience writing for online, print, radio, and television media, including PBS. His expertise includes ...

For the most part, the movie industry has recovered from the truly awful early months of the year, including the lackluster first month of summer that had Hollywood panicking about the future of ...