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Commodus (/ ˈ k ɒ m ə d ə s /; 31 August 161 – 31 December 192) was a Roman emperor who ruled from 177 until his assassination in 192. For the first three years of his reign he was co-emperor with his father Marcus Aurelius.
May 27, 2024 · Commodus (born August 31, 161 ce, Lanuvium, Latium [now Lanuvio, Italy]—died December 31, 192) was a Roman emperor from 177 to 192 (sole emperor after 180). His brutal misrule precipitated civil strife that ended 84 years of stability and prosperity within the empire.
Nov 30, 2021 · Commodus was Marcus Aurelius's only surviving son and was hand-picked to succeed his father as emperor. When Commodus was 15, his father named him as co-emperor, and at 17 Commodus joined his father at the frontier encampments where Marcus Aurelius was leading Roman troops to battle.
Aug 29, 2013 · Commodus was Roman emperor from 180 to 192 CE. With the death of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius in March of 180 CE, the long reign of the five good emperors...
Aug 18, 2022 · When the widely loved Marcus died in 180, Commodus became the lone emperor at age 18. Commodus was rumored to have had a hand in his death, but historians today are skeptical.
Nov 29, 2022 · The son of the beloved emperor Marcus Aurelius, Commodus thrust Rome into chaos during his disastrous reign between 180 and 192 C.E. He went insane after his sister tried to have him killed – some say because she was jealous of his wife.
Jul 11, 2020 · Commodus was the 18 th emperor of the Roman Empire and was born on August 31 st 161 AD, in an Italian city near Rome called Lanuvium, along with his twin brother Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus.
Emperor Commodus is one of the most maligned figures in Roman history. Taking the reins of the empire after his father, Marcus Aurelius, one of Rome's most esteemed Stoic philosophers and emperors, Commodus' accession to power signaled a stark departure from the virtues and administrative diligence of his father.
Oct 6, 2019 · Commodus (August 31, 161–December 31, 192 CE) was the emperor of Rome between 180–192 CE. As the son of emperor Marcus Aurelius, Commodus was the first Roman emperor to have been "born in the purple," and thus dynastically selected to be his successor.
Commodus was Roman emperor from 180 to 192 CE. With the death of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius in March of 180 CE, the long reign of the five good emperors came to an end and with it so did the Pax Romana (the Roman Peace).
