The document outlines the plot of the novel, beginning with introductions of the main characters including Maximus, Commodus, Lucilla, and Proximo. It then describes Maximus as a Roman general who is betrayed after the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, becoming a slave. Commodus becomes the new emperor and organizes fights between Maximus and himself to eliminate his rival. In their final battle, Maximus kills Commodus, freeing Rome from his tyrannical rule.

1. Adapted from the novel by
Dewey Gram

2. INTRODUCTION

3. CHARACTERS

4. MAXIMUS

5. COMMODUS

6. LUCILLA

7. PROXIMO

8. MARCUS AURELIUS

9. WAR YEARS

10. MARCUS AURELIUS on his
DEATHBED

11. MAXIMUS EXECUTES

12. MAXIMUS GOES TO HIS
HOUSE

13. MAXIMUS IS A SLAVE

14. COMMODUS BE The
EMPEROR

15. PROXIMO BUYS MAXIMUS

16. Maximus REFUSES TO FIGHT

17. FIRST REAL FIGHT

18. COMMODUS DOESN’T CARE
SENATORS AND PROBLEMS OF
ROME

19. GAMES START

20. LUCILLA MEETS WITH
SENATORS

21. PROXIMO AND MAXIMUS GO
TO ROME

22. FIRST GAME IN ROME

23. LUCILLA WANTS MAXIMUS’S
HELP

24. SECOND GAME IN ROME

25. ON THE WAY BACK TO
PROXIMO’S SCHOOL

26. SOLDIERS RAID TO PROXIMO’S
SCHOOL

27. COMMODUS ORGANIZES A
FIGHT BETWEEN
MAXIMUS AND HIMSELF

28. …BUT STABS MAXIMUS ON THE
WAY TO
THE ARENA

29. MAXIMUS KILLS
COMMODUS IN THE FIGHT

30. ROME IS FREE NOW…