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t. e. Commodus ( / ˈkɒmədəs /; [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.
May 27, 2024 · 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.
Nov 30, 2021 · Commodus was Marcus Aurelius's only surviving son and was hand-picked to succeed his father as emperor. When Commodus was 15, his father named him as co-emperor, and at 17 Commodus joined his father at the frontier encampments where Marcus Aurelius was leading Roman troops to battle.
Aug 18, 2022 · When the widely loved Marcus died in 180, Commodus became the lone emperor at age 18. Commodus was rumored to have had a hand in his death, but historians today are skeptical.
Nov 29, 2022 · The son of the beloved emperor Marcus Aurelius, Commodus thrust Rome into chaos during his disastrous reign between 180 and 192 C.E. He went insane after his sister tried to have him killed – some say because she was jealous of his wife.
Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus, 31 August 161 – 31 December 192) was Roman emperor from 177 to 192. He was co-emperor with his father Marcus Aurelius from 177 until his father's death in 180.
Aug 29, 2013 · 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.
Oct 6, 2019 · Commodus assumed the toga virilis signifying his adulthood and Marcus introduced him to the soldiers in Pannonia. While they were still there, news came that Cassius had been assassinated. After Cassius was killed, Marcus and Commodus toured the provinces that had aligned themselves with Cassius—Egypt, Syria, and Palestine—re ...
Commodus was the first (and until 337, the only) emperor "born in the purple", i.e., during his father's reign.Commodus was assassinated in 192, succeeded by Pertinax whose reign did not last long during the tumultuous Year of the Five Emperors.Contents [hide]1Early life and rise to power (161–180)1.1Early life1.2Joint rule with father (177 ...
Reign: Commodus was named emperor in 176 CE, at the age of 15, on the orders of his father Marcus Aurelius. Commodus ruled jointly with his father for a period of four years. When Marcus Aurelius died on March 17, 180 CE, Commodus became sole emperor.
