Commodus
Sign in to saveCommodus (; ; 31 August 161 – 31 December 192) was Roman emperor from 177 to 192, first serving as nominal co-emperor under his father Marcus Aurelius and then ruling alone from 180. Commodus's sole reign is commonly thought to mark the end of the Pax Romana, a golden age of peace and prosperity in the history of the Roman Empire.
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Commodus was a Roman emperor who ruled from 177 to 192, initially sharing power with his father Marcus Aurelius before governing alone after 180. Historians often point to his reign as marking the end of the Pax Romana, a period of relative peace and prosperity that had defined the Roman Empire.
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- 0161-01-01
- Died
- 0192-01-01
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- Early life and rise to power (161–180)
- Early life
- Sole reign (180–192)
- Conspiracies of 182
- Cleander
- Dacia and Britain
- Cleander's zenith and fall (185–190)
- Megalomania (190–192)
- Assassination (192)
- Character and physical prowess
- Character and motivations
- Changes of name
- Commodus and Hercules
- Commodus the gladiator
- In popular culture
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Commodus (; ; 31 August 161 – 31 December 192) was Roman emperor from 177 to 192, first serving as nominal co-emperor under his father Marcus Aurelius and then ruling alone from 180. Commodus's sole reign is commonly thought to mark the end of the Pax Romana, a golden age of peace and prosperity in the history of the Roman Empire.
Commodus accompanied his father during the Marcomannic Wars in 172 and on a tour of the Eastern provinces in 176. The following year, he became the youngest emperor and consul up to that point, at the age of 16. His solo reign saw less military conflict than that of Marcus Aurelius, but internal intrigues and conspiracies abounded, goading Commodus to an increasingly dictatorial style of leadership. This culminated in his creating a deific personality cult, including his performances as a gladiator in the Colosseum. Throughout his reign, Commodus entrusted the management of affairs to his palace chamberlain and praetorian prefects, namely Saoterus, Perennis, and Cleander.