How Was Emperor Commodus Killed?
On This Day in Ad 192, the Roman Emperor Commodus Was Murdered. the Emperor Was Strangled in His Bath by Narcissus, a Wrestler Who Was Tasked with the Deed by...
On this day in AD 192, the Roman emperor Commodus was murdered. The emperor was strangled in his bath by Narcissus, a wrestler who was tasked with the deed by a small group of conspirators: the Praetorian Prefect, Aemilius Laetus; Commodus' chamberlain, Eclectus; and Commodus' mistress, Marcia.
Why was Commodus murdered?
“Commodus was a greater curse to the Romans than any pestilence or any crime” and the city had descended into bankruptcy and chaos. A small group of conspirators, including the emperor's chamberlain and mistress, Marcia, decided to kill him.
How did Commodus emperor die?
He is revealed as having become a minor god after his death and has survived into modern times, along with two other Roman emperors Caligula and Nero. Also, he was murdered by the god Apollo, who was his lover but disguised himself as Narcissus to kill him and end his tyranny.
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