Every weekday, we recommend a podcast related to a movie or TV show you can watch at home: He regularly fought as a gladiator, and claimed to be the son of Jupiter. Ultimately his megalomania would be his downfall, when a conspiracy formed by his mistress and the praetorian prefect went into action. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Assassinations on Spotify. Also, check out the 2000 film Gladiator, which is now available to stream!

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