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French commode, by Gilles Joubert, circa 1735, made of oak and walnut, veneered with tulipwood, ebony, holly, other woods, gilt bronze and imitation marble, in the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, United States) A British commode, circa 1772, marquetry of various woods, bronze and gilt-bronze mounts, overall: 95.9 × 145.1 × 51.9 cm, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
Commodus (/ ˈ k ɒ m ə d ə s /; [5] 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.
The Marlborough Cameo, identified as either Didius Julian and Manila Scantilla, or Commodus and Marcia. [3]To celebrate the Roman New Year in AD 192, Commodus decided he wanted to make an appearance before the Roman people not from the palace in traditional purple robes, but from the gladiator's barracks, escorted by the rest of the gladiators.
Commodus's guards were faster than Quintianus and the would-be assassin was overpowered and disarmed without injuring the emperor. [1] [4] [5] Commodus ordered the deaths of Quintianus' nephew and of Marcus Ummidius Quadratus Annianus, and banished Lucilla, her daughter, and Ummidia Cornificia Faustina to the Italian island of Capri.
Marcus Peducaeus Plautius Quintillus (died 205) was a Roman noble closely related by birth, adoption, and marriage to the Nerva-Antonine emperors. Through his marriage to Fadilla, the daughter of Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Empress Faustina the Younger, he became the brother-in-law to the future emperor, Commodus. [1]
"Ophryotrocha langstrumpae sp. nov. has long antennae and palps resembling braids, and it is named after a famous braid-bearing girl, Pippi Longstocking, in children's books by Astrid Lindgren. In the original books in Swedish, she is called Pippi Långstrump." [183] Calochaete cimrmanii Hauer, Bohunická & Mühlsteinová, 2013: Cyanobacteria
Believe it or not, there are at least 35 funny names for the toilet that are sure to make you laugh—or at least smile and shake your head. Ancient civilizations like the Romans used toilet ...
His father, also named Lucius Ceionius Commodus (the Historia Augusta adds the cognomen Verus), was consul in 106 and his paternal grandfather, also of the same name, was consul in 78. His paternal ancestors were from Etruria, and were of consular rank. His mother is surmised to have been an undocumented Roman woman named Plautia. [1]