The Empire
Commodus
He was an emperor who loved performing in the arena.
Years. AD 161 to AD 192
Three short facts
- 1He was the son of Marcus Aurelius.
- 2He ruled from AD 180 to 192.
- 3He renamed months and even the city after himself.
The story
Commodus did not want his father’s hard frontier life.
He made peace and went back to Rome.
He showed off as a hunter and fighter in the arena.
Senators thought that shamed the office.
A palace plot killed him.