Commodus was recently epitomized as the bad guy with a chip on his shoulder in the film `Gladiator'. Unfortunately history does indeed mark him as being one of the real bad guys as far as Roman Emperors go.
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Portrait of Commodus as Augustus (180 - 192 AD), son of Marcus Aurelius.
Commodus was recently epitomized as the bad guy with a chip on his shoulder in the film `Gladiator'. Unfortunately history does indeed mark him as being one of the real bad guys as far as Roman Emperors go.
Commodus was recently epitomized as the bad guy with a chip on his shoulder in the film `Gladiator'. Unfortunately history does indeed mark him as being one of the real bad guys as far as Roman Emperors go.
Here's a Bronze of Commodus
very nice 
I got the Bronze for the reverse, now I just need to find one with a nice portrait so I can make a digital mule 
Very bad emperor / very nice coin.....life has its balances 
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