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Given that Gladiator won five Academy Awards and grossed more than $465 million worldwide in its day, it’s no surprise that fans are eager, to say the least, to dive into the next chapter of the Roman epic film.

More than two decades after the release of the original movie in 2000, its highly anticipated sequel hit U.S. theaters on Friday.

Gladiator II sweeps viewers back to the gladiator fights and political conflict that were characteristic of the ancient Roman Empire.

Taking place roughly 20 years after the events of the first movie, the sequel is set around 211 CE and stars Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, and Pedro Pascal.

We know that the Gladiator series, directed by Ridley Scott, is based loosely on actual events, but are all the characters and events depicted in the movie real?

Here’s a look at the central Gladiator II characters and who among them were actually a part of ancient Roman history.