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Emperor Commodus - Commodus is the main antagonist of The Dark Prophecy and one of the three main antagonists in The Tyrant's Tomb alongside Caligula and Tarquin. The last in the Nerva-Antonine dynasty, Commodus ascended as emperor at a young age and was known for his good looks and musculature, for which he was nicknamed the "New Hercules". In ...
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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 ...
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Marcus Annius Verus Caesar (162 or 163 – 10 September 169) was a son of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Empress Faustina the Younger.Annius was made caesar on 12 October 166 AD, alongside his brother Commodus, designating them co-heirs of the Roman Empire.
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.
Crispina came from an illustrious aristocratic family and was the daughter of twice consul Gaius Bruttius Praesens [2] and his wife Valeria. [3] Crispina's paternal grandparents were consul and senator Gaius Bruttius Praesens and the rich heiress Laberia Hostilia Crispina, daughter of twice consul, Manius Laberius Maximus.
Roman Empire is a television docudrama based on historical events of the Roman Empire.The show is in the anthology format with each season presenting an independent story. . Season 1, "Reign of Blood", is a six-part story about Emperor Commodus