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lostpatrol t1_ja2je9b wrote

Reply to comment by Mnemosense in Gladiator Maximus and Lucilla backstory? by Confident_Lock_2032

Maximus was probably a provincial nobility in Spain. He was far too young to be a general of the whole northern army if he worked himself up from a soldier. He also moved casually enough among the senators, civilians and leaders that he would have been upper class for a long time, if not since birth.

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Mnemosense t1_ja2kn5i wrote

Not marriage material for the Emperor's daughter though, he would have had a chance if he were a governor or something. "Keep your enemies close" and all that.

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martinmartinez123 t1_ja2jrz0 wrote

It's possible he didn't have the status to marry the daughter of the Emperor because he wasn't Roman by birth or ethnicity.

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NoHandBananaNo t1_ja5fv0x wrote

Were the Romans prejudiced in that way tho? They seem like they were fairly cosmopolitan.

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Confident_Lock_2032 OP t1_ja41pa5 wrote

I agree that it had absolutely nothing to do with Maximus not being noble.It may have been political, but it had nothing to do with nobility.

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Confident_Lock_2032 OP t1_ja2l74o wrote

It is actually very common for soldiers to marry empire girls. In real history, Lucilla marries a Syrian general.

There are 2 possibilities in the movie, either Lucilla's choice or Lucilla's family.

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