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Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus was born on 31 August AD 161 in Lanuvium, near Rome. [6] He was the son of the reigning emperor, Marcus Aurelius, and Aurelius' first cousin, Faustina the Younger, the youngest daughter of Emperor Antoninus Pius, who had died only a few months before.
The Antonines are four Roman Emperors who ruled between 138 and 192: Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus and Commodus. In 138, after a long reign dedicated to the cultural unification and consolidation of the empire, the Emperor Hadrian named Antoninus Pius his son and heir, under the condition that he adopt both Marcus Aurelius and ...
Lucius Verus as a child Bust of Antoninus Pius. Born Lucius Ceionius Commodus on 15 December 130, [2] Verus was the first-born son of Avidia and Lucius Aelius Caesar, the first adopted son and heir of Emperor Hadrian. [3] He was born and raised in Rome. Verus had two sisters, Ceionia Fabia and Ceionia Plautia. [3]
Commodus Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus / Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus: 17 March 180 – 31 December 192 (12 years, 9 months and 14 days) Son of Marcus Aurelius. Proclaimed co-emperor in 177, at age 16, becoming the first emperor to be elevated during predecessor's lifetime 31 August 161 – 31 December 192 (aged 31)
After Aurelius is murdered by his son, Commodus, Meridius is thrown into slavery, and his family is murdered. Meridius seeks out his revenge as a gladiator. Crowe went on to become one of the ...
Marcus became, in official titulature, Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus; Lucius, forgoing his name Commodus and taking Marcus Aurelius' family name, Verus, became Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus. [13] [notes 1] It was the first time that Rome was ruled by two emperors. [16] [notes 2]
Ridley Scott’s 2000 film Gladiator was a sensational tale of honor and betrayal in the ancient Roman empire.. In the film, Rome’s dying emperor Marcus Aurelius fears that his son Commodus ...
At the same time, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus were fighting a Parthian war in Syria. Lucilla and Lucius Verus had three children: Aurelia Lucilla was born in 165 in Antioch; Lucilla Plautia; Lucius Verus; Aurelia and Lucius died young. [3] Lucilla was an influential and respectable woman and she enjoyed her status.