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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
=== Early life === | === Early life === | ||
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On the 27th November 176, Marcus Aurelius conferred on Commodus the rank of Imperator, and in 177, the title of Augustus, giving his son the same position as him and sharing power with him. On the 23rd December of the same year, he obtained the tribunicia potestas. On the st1 January 177, Commodus became consul for the first time, at the age of 15, the youngest consul in Roman history up to that time. He then married Bruzia Crispina. | On the 27th November 176, Marcus Aurelius conferred on Commodus the rank of Imperator, and in 177, the title of Augustus, giving his son the same position as him and sharing power with him. On the 23rd December of the same year, he obtained the tribunicia potestas. On the st1 January 177, Commodus became consul for the first time, at the age of 15, the youngest consul in Roman history up to that time. He then married Bruzia Crispina. | ||
After a new series of decisive victories in the years 178-179 against Marcomanni and Quadi, his father, Marcus Aurelius, fell seriously ill in 180, perhaps also struck by the plague that had plagued the empire for years. Marcus Aurelius died on the 17th March 180, at about fifty-nine, according to Aurelio Vittore in the city-encampment of Vindobona (current Vienna). | After a new series of decisive victories in the years 178-179 against Marcomanni and Quadi, his father, Marcus Aurelius, fell seriously ill in 180, perhaps also struck by the plague that had plagued the empire for years. Marcus Aurelius died on the 17th March 180, at about fifty-nine, according to Aurelio Vittore in the city-encampment of Vindobona (current Vienna). | ||
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==== Marcomannic Wars ==== | ==== Marcomannic Wars ==== | ||
He began his reign with an unfavorable peace treaty agreed with the tribes of the Germans, who had been at war with Marcus Aurelius. Later he himself waged wars against the Germans, often winning partial victories, for which he also demanded honors from the Senate. | He began his reign with an unfavorable peace treaty agreed with the tribes of the Germans, who had been at war with Marcus Aurelius. Later he himself waged wars against the Germans, often winning partial victories, for which he also demanded honors from the Senate. | ||
==== Career as a gladiator ==== | ==== Career as a gladiator ==== | ||