Commodus in a sentence

Commodus the gladiator Commodus also had a passion for gladiatorial combat, which he took so far as to take to the arena himself, dressed as a gladiator.

Pertinax was attacked and left for dead, and asked to be recalled to Rome, where he briefly succeeded Commodus as emperor in 192. 3rd century The death of Commodus put into motion a series of events which eventually led to civil war.

Addressing the sequel, which is set to star Paul Mescal as Lucius, the son of Connie Nielsen’s Lucilla and the nephew of Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), Crowe said: “I don’t know anything about the cast, I don’t know anything about the plot.

Meanwhile, 's protagonist Maximus is an entirely fictional character, and the ending notably changes Commodus' real-life death from an assassination to a fatal duel.

Played to perfection by Joaquin Phenix, an actor no stranger to playing villainous characters, Commodus is arrogant, spoiled, and egotistical, thinking he is entitled to the cruel acts he perpetrates.

While Commodus didn't kill him in real life, he may have died at the camp where Maximus led the Roman troops to glory.

As for Maximus, he slowly restores his honor as a gladiator, embracing Marcus Aurelius’ dream of a Republic and using his new-found fame to challenge Commodus.

Commodus kills his father and orchestrates the murders of Maximus’ wife and son.

Here, he seems to be referring to Russell Crowe’s Maximus, a Roman general forced into slavery who seeks revenge against Emperor Commodus for killing his family.

Now with Maximus besting all comers in front of lusty boobirds turned super-fans, chanting his name like the Soviets rooting for Rocky, Commodus’s hold on the throne is becoming more tenuous.

Phoenix is a wonderfully hissable villain as Commodus, a legacy brat who understands his own absence of nobility and honor as liberating qualities – like any good tyrant, he sees a clean conscience as a terrible obstacle to his ambition.

The Fall of the Roman Empire's main plot is the background story of the the coronation of Commodus as the Roman Emperor as Marcus Aurelius inches closer toward the end of his reign.

The troupe that brought us the smash hit “Lolita” returns with the tale of Commodus, set in the Roman Empire in 193 AD.

Commodus liked to exhibit his strength and found the games more interesting than the business of empire.

If these titles had survived Commodus’s death, we would not have the problem of our year ending with months carrying the wrong numerical names.

In "Gladiator," it's so easy to despise the whiny and egotistical Emperor Commodus, who, like his real-life historical counterpart, wielded his power for anything but good in the 2000 film.

Accounts of the cruelty of the emperor Commodus describes his amusing himself by enacting Mithriac initiation ordeals in homicidal form.

After repeated attempts on Commodus' life, Roman citizens were often killed for making him angry.

After those attempts on his life, Commodus spent much of his time outside Rome, mostly on the family estates at Lanuvium.

As a result, Commodus appeared even more rarely in public, preferring to live on his estates.