Who is Commodus Antoninus? Commodus was the youngest Roman emperor that took his father Marcus Aurelius’s place. Commodus was born on August 31, 161 AD and assassinated on December 31,192 AD. Due to his power and personality, he was given a title as God. Also, Commodus change the name of Rome to Komoti Anna, the Universal colony of the earth. Commodus had no fear in him. However, for someone to have a power or becoming a leader doesn’t mean that they could be a positive person. If I described Commodus, I would say that he is evil, disgusting, selfish, and corruption. He was so evil that many people were waiting for his death.
One of the examples heinous act that was created by Commodus is. He shot hundreds of animals with his arrows because they considered being useless to him. The second example, according to the passage The Life of Commodus on page 291 “He put a starling on the head of one man who, as he noticed, had a few white hairs, resembling worms, among the black, and caused his head to fester through the continual pecking of the bird’s beak – the bird, of course, imagining that it was pursuing worms.” The third example, handsome men would be put to death. Also, according to the same passage, “He often mixed human excrement with the most expensive foods, and he did not refrain from tasting them, mocking the rest of the company, as he thought.” Tell me if all the examples above aren’t crazy. He has killed thousands of people for no reason and sacrificing people’s lives. Even the statue built for him provides some details that show people that he has power. For example, his left hand is full of fruits, and his right hand, he is holding a weapon. As we know, a lion or tiger is recognized as power, and for that, the statue has a lion on top of his head used to represent as a crowned. All he cared about to show people his power but didn’t have any sympathy for the innocent people that he has killed.
