Case Study: The Assassination Of Commodus
T.A.C (The Assassignation of Commodus)
Hey, have you ever wanted to know about or learn more about the assassination of Cmmodus? Well, now you can by just reading this essay. Assassignation-the action of ating someone.
Murder-the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
The assassignation of the Roman emperor Commodus was just because he was a self-centered emperor, who put himself as the Greek God Hercules, he made the people of Rome build him statues;however some believeed that since he was a dissapointment to his father he was trying to a great emperor. According to www.ancient.eu/commodus/ , in his early life, Commodus full name was Lucius Aurelius Commodus. He was born to a philosopher and a king. He was tenth …show more content…
out of fourteen children. He and his twin brother were adopted. After a long time Commodus was the only son to survive.
When he was emperor he was a disappointment to his father.
He didn't inherit his father's work. He lacked concern for political matter in his twelve year reign. He almost got assassinated once before his assassination.
He tried to be the Greek God Hercules. He saw himself as "the re-born Hercules”. He wanted to be called Hercules son of Zeus. Participated in gladiatorial contests. He renamed the 12 months after a fire in 191 CE.
According to www.britannica.com/biography/commodus, Commodus slowly became insane. He as emperor he gave Rome a new name (Colomia Commodiana). He killed lion with bow and arrows. In March 180 he came to terms with the Germans. In 182 his sister conspired with a group of senators to assassinate him but, failed. He allowed the ministers successor to be killed by a rioting crowd.
According to www.good.is/articles/the-15-most-infamous-assassinations-in-history, His assassins were his wife, and wrestling partner Narcissus. His wife poisoned his food, but he couldn't hold it down, so Narcissus strangled him in the bath. The motive Commodus was extremely narcissistic. He changed the months of the year to correspond with his twelve names. After his death, the senate declared him a public enemy and restored the original name back to Rome. His statues were taken
down.
Hey, have you ever wanted to know about or learn more about the assassination of Cmmodus? Well, now you can by just reading this essay. Assassignation-the action of ating someone.
Murder-the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
The assassignation of the Roman emperor Commodus was just because he was a self-centered emperor, who put himself as the Greek God Hercules, he made the people of Rome build him statues;however some believeed that since he was a dissapointment to his father he was trying to a great emperor. According to www.ancient.eu/commodus/ , in his early life, Commodus full name was Lucius Aurelius Commodus. He was born to a philosopher and a king. He was tenth …show more content…
out of fourteen children. He and his twin brother were adopted. After a long time Commodus was the only son to survive.
When he was emperor he was a disappointment to his father.
He didn't inherit his father's work. He lacked concern for political matter in his twelve year reign. He almost got assassinated once before his assassination.
He tried to be the Greek God Hercules. He saw himself as "the re-born Hercules”. He wanted to be called Hercules son of Zeus. Participated in gladiatorial contests. He renamed the 12 months after a fire in 191 CE.
According to www.britannica.com/biography/commodus, Commodus slowly became insane. He as emperor he gave Rome a new name (Colomia Commodiana). He killed lion with bow and arrows. In March 180 he came to terms with the Germans. In 182 his sister conspired with a group of senators to assassinate him but, failed. He allowed the ministers successor to be killed by a rioting crowd.
According to www.good.is/articles/the-15-most-infamous-assassinations-in-history, His assassins were his wife, and wrestling partner Narcissus. His wife poisoned his food, but he couldn't hold it down, so Narcissus strangled him in the bath. The motive Commodus was extremely narcissistic. He changed the months of the year to correspond with his twelve names. After his death, the senate declared him a public enemy and restored the original name back to Rome. His statues were taken
down.