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Commodus

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Also known as Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus, Lucius Aelius Aurelius Gaius Augustus, Marcus Aurelius Gaius Antoninus, Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus

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.

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Commodus, whose full names included Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Herculeus Romanus Exsuperatorius Amazonius Invictus Felix Pius, was a ruler and Roman emperor during the Principate. Born in Lanuvium in 161, he was the son of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the Younger, and a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. He held the position of Roman consul and was a citizen of Ancient Rome, adhering to the ancient Roman religion.

He was married to Bruttia Crispina and had siblings including Marcus Annius Verus Caesar, Annia Aurelia Galeria Faustina, Vibia Aurelia Sabina, and Fadilla. Commodus died in Rome in 192 through homicide, having been killed by Narcissus. He was buried at Castel Sant'Angelo. His life and reign are documented in sources such as The Catholic Encyclopedia, Pauly–Wissowa, and Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
Belgium
Active from
2015
Active to
2017

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
106
Total plays
1,800

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Recent publications · Crossref

3 total works indexed

  1. The Fragmentary Latin Poets

    · 1993 · cited 1x

  2. Restructuring Hospital Management in Labuan Bajo as A Strategy to Remedy the Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic

    · 2022

  3. Commodus Imp. (falsum)

    · 1993

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Quotes

  • “The monstrous vices of his son have overshadowed the splendor of his father's virtues. Marcus Aurelius has been reproached for having chosen a successor rather from his family than from the Republic, and sacrificing the happiness of millions of men to his excessive tenderness for an unworthy boy.”
  • “Commodus is a man without morality, you have known this since you were a boy... Commodus cannot govern, he absolutely must not govern.”
  • “The young emperor proclaimed a series of performances to commemorate his father, Marcus Aurelius; I find it funny since it was Marcus Aurelius, the wise, the knowledgeable Marcus Aurelius who interrupted the games.”

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Key facts

Royalty.image
Commodo vestito da Ercole ai Musei Capitolini.jpg
Royalty.alt
Marble bust of Commodus
Royalty.caption
Commodus as Hercules (AD 192), one of the most famous Roman sculptures.
Royalty.succession
Roman emperor
Royalty.reign
early 177 – 31 December 192(senior from 17 March 180)
Royalty.predecessor
Marcus Aurelius
Royalty.successor
Pertinax
Royalty.birth_date
31 August 161
Royalty.birth_place
Lanuvium, near Rome, Roman Italy
Royalty.death_date
31 December 192 (aged 31)
Royalty.death_place
Rome, Italy
Royalty.burial_place
Hadrian's Mausoleum
Royalty.spouse
Bruttia Crispina
Royalty.dynasty
Nerva–Antonine
Royalty.father
Marcus Aurelius
Royalty.mother
Faustina the Younger
Royalty.regent
Marcus Aurelius (177–180)

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Encyclopedic overview

20 sections
Contents
  • 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
  • See also
  • References
  • Sources
  • Further reading
  • External links

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.

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