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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.

== Private life ==

== Private life and persona ==

=== Sexual relationships ===

He was married with Bruzia Crispina, but he divorced from her and exiled her for adultery. With the imperial court, he had various private vices. One was his penchant for what was sexually extravagant or insane. He abused all his sisters, imposed on his concubines to put the name of his mother Faustina during embraces, he had set up a sort of harem composed of three hundred girls and three hundred boys for the use of his circle of friends and courtiers, staging orgiastic shows in theme, such as, for example, the Rustic Hercules.

=== Personality ===

Before he came to power, Commodus didn't show no sign of violence, but after e came to power he started to show his depraved nature.

Commodus was cruel and arbitrary like [[Caligula]] and [[Emperor Nero|Nero]]. And just like them, he was sadists and his attitude can be associeted with sociopathic manner. Also, he was, like any average roman emperor, a megalomaniac and extremely egocentric, since he tried to make Rome and everything else something focused on him.

His sexual desires were described as completely insane and extravagant.

== Trivia ==

* He is one of the villains in the book series "Trials of Apollo" along with [[Caligula]] and [[Nero]].

* He is one of the villains in the book series "Trials of Apollo" along with [[Caligula]] and [[Emperor Nero|Nero]].

* In the arenas, he liked to get dressed like Hercules.

* He is cited in the song of Franco Battiato "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", that cames from one of the poems of Manlio Sgalambro.

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[[Category:Control Freaks]]

[[Category:Perverts]]

[[Category:Extravagant]]

[[Category:Family of Victim]]

[[Category:Family of Hero]]

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 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.
-== Private life ==
+== Private life and persona ==
+=== Sexual relationships ===
 He was married with Bruzia Crispina, but he divorced from her and exiled her for adultery. With the imperial court, he had various private vices. One was his penchant for what was sexually extravagant or insane. He abused all his sisters, imposed on his concubines to put the name of his mother Faustina during embraces, he had set up a sort of harem composed of three hundred girls and three hundred boys for the use of his circle of friends and courtiers, staging orgiastic shows in theme, such as, for example, the Rustic Hercules.
+=== Personality ===
+Before he came to power, Commodus didn't show no sign of violence, but after e came to power he started to show his depraved nature.
+Commodus was cruel and arbitrary like [[Caligula]] and [[Emperor Nero|Nero]]. And just like them, he was sadists and his attitude can be associeted with sociopathic manner. Also, he was, like any average roman emperor, a megalomaniac and extremely egocentric, since he tried to make Rome and everything else something focused on him.
+His sexual desires were described as completely insane and extravagant.
 == Trivia ==
-* He is one of the villains in the book series "Trials of Apollo" along with [[Caligula]] and [[Nero]].
+* He is one of the villains in the book series "Trials of Apollo" along with [[Caligula]] and [[Emperor Nero|Nero]].
 * In the arenas, he liked to get dressed like Hercules.
 * He is cited in the song of Franco Battiato "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", that cames from one of the poems of  Manlio Sgalambro.
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 [[Category:Control Freaks]]
 [[Category:Perverts]]
+[[Category:Extravagant]]
 [[Category:Family of Victim]]
 [[Category:Family of Hero]]