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- The True History of Commodus, the Mad Emperor of Ancient RomeIn the movie, the villainous emperor, played with slimy panache by Joaquin Phoenix, is based on a real-life Roman emperor named Commodus (161-192 C.E.) who one ancient historian called "a greater curse to the Romans than any pestilence or any crime."
- Commodus - WikipediaCommodus (/ 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.
- Commodus, The Most Disastrous Emperor Of Ancient Rome - All That's ...Just 18 when he became sole emperor of Rome in 180 C.E., Commodus ruled with a lust for power so unhinged that he left the empire in irreparable chaos. He went insane after his sister tried to have him killed – some say because she was jealous of his wife.
- Commodus | Biography, Facts, Sister, & Death | BritannicaCommodus (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.
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