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Who was supposed to have been assassinated by the snake?

posted 4 years ago by mobocracy (894)
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Towards the climax of the film, a coral snake is released into someone's bed. I've seen this movie nearly a dozen times and only on the last viewing did it occur to me it wasn't clear who was supposed to have been assassinated. Proximo didn't die until the raid on the gladiator compound, Graccus was on the field of the colosseum when Commodus died.

Was it meant to be Lucilla, but who escaped dying because she was out warning Maximus?

[–] fountainhead (323) 4 years ago

Just re-watched this and you're right! It's not clear at all who the snake was for. I also assumed Lucilla, but we never see her either getting bitten by it or escaping it. Bad editing.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 4 years ago

Wasn’t it the other senator who was conspiring against Commodus ?

[–] overseas7 (4330) 4 years ago

This is my opinion too.

[–] Melton (4690) a year ago

Yes, the bald one who shags around.

[–] Calledforblackup (112) 8 months ago

I'm losing my mind because we are clearly introduced to two buffoon senators in Rome and if it wasn't Graccus or whatever then it's 1000% the other one, by default. How is this hard?