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Commodus (/ ˈ k ɒ m ə d ə s /; [4] 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.
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.
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). Those emperors who followed for the next century would witness a time of both chaos and decline.
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.
commodus (feminine commoda, neuter commodum, comparative commodior, superlative commodissimus, adverb commodē); first / second-declension adjective. The adjective became a cognomen of a branch of the gens Ceionia, a member of whom was adopted by Hadrian but died before he could become emperor.
Commodus definition: Roman emperor 180–192; son and successor of Marcus Aurelius.. See examples of COMMODUS used in a sentence.