From 180 to 192 C.E., Emperor Commodus ruled ancient Rome with an insatiable lust for power that brought an end to the fabled Pax Romana.

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Commodus was the son of Marcus Aurelius, one of the most respected Roman emperors. However, he did not inherit his father’s wisdom and virtue, but rather his vanity and cruelty.