Maximus is a powerful Roman full general, love by the people and the age Emperor, Marcus Antoninus. Before his decease, the Emperor choose Maximus to be his inheritor over his own son, Commodus, and a powerfulness battle leave Maximus and his household condemn to decease. The powerful general is unable to salvage his household, and his loss of will let him to get captured and put into the Gladiator game until he die. The lone desire that fuel him now is the opportunity to lift to the top so that he will be able to look into the eyes of the man who will experience his retaliation.