Ruler · 161 – 192

Commodus

Lived 161 – 192; ruler. Roman emperor of Ancient Rome, 177 – 192; also in the line of Roman Empire.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 161 – 192; 31 years
In office: 15 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Roman emperor

Ancient Rome · the 778th of 845 dated reigns · 753 BCE – 480

774 before

Antoninus Pius138 – 161

Marcus Aurelius161 – 180

Lucius Verus161 – 169

Commodus177 – 192

Pertinax192 – 193

Didius Julianus193

Septimius Severus193 – 211

64 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 177 – 192 · 15 years · came to it aged 16

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide; strangling

Commodus was assassinated by the wrestler Narcissus in 192, ending the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.

Also in the line of Roman Empire (18th of 79).

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