![]() ![]() Obviously the threat of death is a very powerful motivator for members of the team to work together.Įventually, Maximus and his fellow gladiators appear before the emperor in the Colleseum in Rome. He teaches individual gladiators to be experts with their weapons and molds them into a deadly killing team. Because is a good teacher and mentor, he quickly wins the friendship and admiration of his fellow gladiators. Maximus is then enslaved and sold to a man running a gladiator school. When he reaches his home, he finds his wife and son murdered. Maximus survives by killing the squad sent to kill him. The new emperor orders the murder of Maximus and his family. ![]() When the emperor tells his son what he intends to do, the son kills the emperor and siezes the throne. ![]() The elderly emperor informs Maximus that he intends to turn over power to him so that Maximus can restore the Republic. Maximus wishes to return to his home and take up his life as a farmer. In addition to being an able tactician, Maximus is personally courageous and an expert in hand-to-hand combat. This 2000 Adademy Award winning film features Russell Crowe as a successful Roman general named Maximus. ![]()
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