Commodus
c. 161 CE–c. 192 CE · Lanuvium
Commodus (161-192 CE), born at Lanuvium, was the son of Marcus Aurelius; he became sole emperor on his father's death in 180 (having been co-emperor from 177). His reign is conventionally seen as ending the Pax Romana and the Nerva-Antonine dynasty, closing with his assassination in 192. Active persecution of Christians largely lapsed under him, and Christian tradition (recorded by Hippolytus) holds that his concubine Marcia, sympathetic to the faith, interceded with him to free Christians condemned to the mines of Sardinia.
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