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Commodus (/ ˈ k ɒ m ə d ə s /; [5] 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 a golden age of peace and prosperity in the history of the Roman Empire ...
Died of natural causes [72] 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 ...
Akhenaten (died c. 1335 BC, ruled c. 1350 – c. 1335), Egyptian Pharaoh known for elevating Aten, the sun disc, above the traditional gods. The policy scandalized the Egyptian establishment and, in the absence of clear motives, has been suspected as the product of insanity. [23]
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 ...
Commodus' sanity began to unravel after the death of his close associate, Cleander. This triggered a series of summary executions of members of the aristocracy. He began removing himself from his identity as ruler ideologically by resuming his birth name instead of keeping the names that his father gave him when he succeeded to imperial rule.
A. N. Sherwin-White records that serious discussion of the reasons for Roman persecution of Christians began in 1890 when it produced "20 years of controversy" and three main opinions: first, there was the theory held by most French and Belgian scholars that "there was a general enactment, precisely formulated and valid for the whole empire, which forbade the practice of the Christian religion.
The boy did not survive long, as evidenced by coins from 156, only depicting the two girls. He might have died in 152, the same year as Marcus's sister Cornificia. [138] By 28 March 158, when Marcus replied, another of his children was dead. Marcus thanked the temple synod, 'even though this turned out otherwise'. The child's name is unknown. [139]
Commodus may have intended declaring himself as a living god some time before his murder on the last day of 192 AD. [131] The Nervan-Antonine dynasty ended in chaos. The Senate declared damnatio memoriae on Commodus, whose urban prefect Pertinax was declared emperor by the Praetorian Guard in return for the promise of very large donativa. [132]