Monthly Archives: October 2012

The portrait is a marble statue showing Commodus holding a club that he used to knock the head off his opponents. There is headless man at the bottom of the statue and the head is in Commodus’ hand. He is … Continue reading →

Given the information in Lampridius’s biography, Commodus was an extremely cruelty driven individual- a grotesque, greedy, and barbaric person. To no surprise it was easily inferred that Commodus was only interested in being acknowledged and praised as one of “superior” … Continue reading →

i have also viewed the movie “Gladiator” and i believe that the portrayal of him in that movie was a somewhat true account on who he really was as a person. According to Historia Augusta, Commodus killed many people, had … Continue reading →

I think that the accuracy of the movies is flawed as compared to the actual character of commodus. In the movie commodus was portrayed as being a jealous son and killed his father to take the throne who he believed was rightfully his. Rather the biggest personality flaw that commodus actually had was his … Continue reading →

I have seen the movie “Gladiator.” In the movie there were little different from the actual history. In the movie Commodus kill his own father in order to become a king. In the real history his father was died of … Continue reading →

How evil was Commodus? From my perspective and interpretation of the long passage I was given to read, I did not think that Commodus was actual a bad individual. I haven’t seen the actual movie of Gladiator but I have … Continue reading →