Editing Commodus (section)

=== Death ===
Faced with the growing discontent with Commodus' excesses, the prefect of the Praetorium Quintus Emilio Leto and the cubicularius Ecletto, fearing for their own lives after opposing the latest extravagances of the emperor and being placed on a ban list, organized a conspiracy with Cassio Dione and numerous other senators. The concubine Marcia, a favorite of Commodus, was soon involved, so that she was able to poison him in order to kill him secretly.
[[File:Commodus is strangled by Narcissus.png|left|thumb|Narcissus strangling Commodus.]]
The attack was carried out on the 31st December 192, during a banquet his wine was poisoned. The emperor, however, believing he felt weighed down by the lavish meal, retired to his apartments and asked the servants to help him vomit, thus saving himself unwittingly. At that point, having failed the poisoning and fearing that they could soon be discovered, the conspirators turned to the champion of gladiators Narcisso, the emperor's personal instructor, giving him a sword. The gladiator, driven by the promise of a rich reward and personal revenge for being placed on a ban list, killed Commodus that same evening in the baths, perhaps by strangling or stabbing him.