The gladiator personas

In the movie gladiator, Maximus's public persona is very different from his personal persona. I don't think It was always like this because Maximus used to be a general which meant he had some desire for fighting. After his son and wife were murdered he changed completely. His Public persona changed, at first he was just some slave waiting to die in the arena, but after his first battle it was clear to the people he was something more. After his 1 on 1 fight and he won but didn't kill the man, this showed that he was a very strong warrior but had no intention to kill people. His personal persona at this point is all about his family, his only goal is to get revenge against the emperor and then he wants to be at peace with his family in the afterlife. None of the people in Rome know this they all just think hes the best fighter they've ever seen, some people even call him the saviour of Rome. Maximus wants none of this what he really wants is to be a farmer and live a nice and peaceful life. In the end he kills the emperor and died, His public persona is now changed into this hero that saved Rome and died doing so, and he got his wish he was reunited with his wife and son and has now eternal happiness.