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Commodus

17th Roman Emperor (180–192)

18 dated entries naming Commodus, drawn from 14 separate years between 161 CE and 195 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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2nd century

  • 161August 31 – Commodus, Roman emperor (d. 192)source
  • 166Emperor Marcus Aurelius appoints his sons Commodus and Marcus Annius Verus as co-rulers (Caesar), while he and Lucius Verus travel to Germany.source
  • 176November 27 – Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of Imperator, and makes him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions.source
  • 177Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar (age 15) and Marcus Peducaeus Plautius Quintillus become Roman Consuls.source
  • 178Bruttia Crispina marries Commodus, and receives the title of Augusta.source
  • 180Northern British from beyond Hadrian's Wall invade the North of modern-day England, causing Emperor Commodus to allow swathes of Northern cities to establish city walls.source
  • 180March 17 – Emperor Marcus Aurelius dies after a week's illness at his camp in Vindobona (modern Vienna). He is succeeded by his son Commodus (age 18).source
  • 181Imperator Lucius Aurelius Commodus and Lucius Antistius Burrus become Roman Consuls.source
  • 182Emperor Commodus escapes death at the hands of assassins, who have attacked him at the instigation of his sister Lucilla and a large group of senators. He puts many distinguished Romans to death on charges of being implicated in the conspiracy; Lucilla is exiled to Capri.source
  • 185Nobles of Britain demand that Emperor Commodus rescind all power given to Tigidius Perennis, who is eventually executed.source
  • 185Tigidius Perennis, his family and many others are executed for conspiring against Commodus.source
  • 190A part of Rome burns; Emperor Commodus orders the city to be rebuilt, under the name Colonia Commodiana.source
  • 190Julius of Rome, Roman politician (executed by Commodus)source
  • 191c. 191–192 – The sculpture of Commodus as Hercules, from Esquiline Hill, Rome, is made (it is now kept at Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome).source
  • 192December 31 – Emperor Commodus alarms the Senate, by appearing dressed as a gladiator for his new consulship on January 1. His mistress Marcia finds her name on the imperial execution list, and hires champion wrestler Narcissus to assassinate Commodus; the Antonines Dynasty ends.source
  • 192December 31 – Commodus, Roman emperor (b. 161)source
  • 193January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard.source
  • 195Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius.source

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