Maximus Meridius

About Maximus Meridius

After burying his family, Maximus collapses from exhaustion and gets captured by slavers. He is then sold off to be a gladiator in North Africa and is now owned by a former gladiator called Antonius Proximo, who later reveals to Maximus that he was granted freedom by Marcus Aurelius a long time ago. While participating in gladiatorial combat in a North African city, Maximus uses his military experience to easily win fights - even single-handedly killing everyone else in one battle.