Commodus (161-192), Roman emperor. Commodus reigned from 177 to 192. He initially reigned as co-emperor with his father Marcus Aurelius, becoming sole

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Commodus (161-192), Roman emperor. Commodus reigned from 177 to 192. He initially reigned as co-emperor with his father Marcus Aurelius, becoming sole ruler on his father's death in 180. Commodus's megalomaniacal and dicatorial rule culminated in his assassination and the chaos of the Year of the Five Emperors. Photographed in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy.

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