A critically important example of Commodus’s cruelty is in the first part of the second paragraph, in where if the bath water for Commodus was deemed too cold, he would have the bath keeper burnt to the crisp in a furnace until he could smell the flesh of the aftermath. The stench of the burns was a confirmation that the punishment was commuted. The actions of Commodus were so cruel and evil, that he was placed for an assassination by Quatratus and Lucillas (His wife). After the failure of the assassination, Commodus had Pompeianus and Quadratus executed, and Lucilla was exiled.
Commodus was a murderer and an evil individual, as for humorous purposes, he would torture people by dismembering limbs and plucking out people’s eyeballs. In one case, he let birds peck against a man’s head as his hair resembled worms to the birds. He cut a man’s stomach open to let his intestines out for complete fun. He would kill those for solely dressing as barbarians and those who looked noble and handsome. Commodus also named his male slaves after the private parts of the both sexes, and would often kiss them. Commodus murdered many people and had a long reputation of being very evil and unjust.
