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Commodus

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 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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“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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Commons category: Commodus
date of birth: 0161-01-01
date of death: 0192-01-01
name in native language: Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Herculeus Romanus Exsuperatorius Amazonius Invictus Felix Pius
birth name: Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus

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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 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.