I'd like to know what he actually did that benefited his empire. What did he actually DO? Or was he just a megalomaniac who liked to indulge in pointless bloodletting?
2007-11-24 17:48:37 · 4 answers · asked by heloise h 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Here is a fairly good, short bio on Commodus and his reign as emperor - - http://www.roman-emperors.org/commod.htm
Unfortunately, the ancient sources devote most of their attention to his strange behavior and spend little ink documenting achievements during his 12 years. There were no great threats to the empire at that time - other than the Antonine plague which might have been smallpox.
This site has more details if you are interested, but it is mostly about the plots to kill Commodus.
http://www.roman-empire.net/highpoint/commodus.html
2007-11-24 18:20:06 · answer #1 · answered by Spreedog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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