Editing Crucible:Emperor Maximus (section)

== Gladiatorial Obsessions ==

One of Maximus’s most infamous habits involved forcing captured enemies into improvised “arenas” to battle deadly traps, combatants, or robotic gladiators for his amusement. These spectacles reflected both his obsession with Roman culture and his increasingly unstable sense of theatrical grandeur.

Heroes unfortunate enough to be captured by Maximus often found themselves sentenced to bizarre mock trials before being thrown into mechanized coliseums beneath the city.

To Maximus, every crime was performance.

And every performance required an audience.