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Summary Of: Commodus
Commodus Musei Capitolini MC1120... Commodus was the first emperor... Commodus in popular culture... Commodus was born as Lucius Aurelius Commodus in... Commodus was made Caesar together with his younger brother... which left Commodus as Marcus Aurelius... Commodus was the sole heir to the throne after the deaths of his brothers... Commodus received extensive tuition at the hands of what Marcus Aurelius called... Commodus is known to have been at... The title suggests that Commodus was present at his father... Commodus subsequently accompanied his father on a lengthy trip to the eastern provinces... seems to have been his firm intention that Commodus should be his heir... and Commodus was given tribunician power... that of Commodus was comparatively peaceful in the military sense... In the case of Commodus it may well be embroidering upon what the author found in reasonably good contemporary sources... Commodus remained with the Danube armies for only a short time before negotiating a peace treaty... which in turn eventually provoked Commodus to take charge of affairs... attempted to murder Commodus as he entered the theatre... Commodus took the loss of Saoterus badly... Perennis took over the reins of government and Commodus found a new chamberlain and favourite in... Commodus spent much of his time outside Rome... Commodus was inaugurated in 183 as consul with Aufidius Victorinus for a colleague and assumed the... and Commodus gave them permission to execute him as well as his wife and sons... came from Gaul intending to assassinate Commodus at the Festival of the Great Goddess in March... As a result Commodus appeared even more rarely in public... Commodus had Cleander beheaded and his son killed... in his pronouncements and iconography Commodus had always laid stress on his unique status as a source of god... On his accession as sole ruler Commodus added the name... Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Herculeus Romanus Exsuperatorius Amazonius Invictus Felix Pius... and that Commodus claimed two additional titles... but Commodus seems to have been the first to assume it... Commodus was extremely proud of his physical prowess... say that Commodus was a skilled archer... Commodus did raise the ire of many military officials in Rome for his Hercules persona in... amputees would be placed in the arena for Commodus to slay with a sword... where they were tethered together for Commodus to club to death while pretending they were giants... Commodus was also known for fighting exotic animals in the arena... Commodus once killed 100 lions in a single day... Commodus killed 3 elephants on the floor of the arena by himself... Commodus killed a giraffe which was considered to be a strange and helpless beast... Commodus held Plebian Games in which he shot hundreds of animals with arrows and javelins every... Commodus was succeeded by... Commodus in popular culture... Commodus in popular culture... has included Commodus as an opponent in the Colosseum... Commodus also features prominently in the historically authentic... 1 Commodus killed a camelopardalis or giraffe... Encyclodia Page On: Commodus
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