Gladiator Family Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Gladiator.

Quote #7

COMMODUS: You loved my father, I know, but so did I. That makes us brothers, doesn't it? Smile for me now, brother.

Commodus' idea of family is so warped. He thinks that just because he and Maximus both loved Marcus Aurelius, they're somehow family? Even if they are, what does it say about Commodus that he stabs his "brother" and then tries to kill him in the arena?