Commodus
Americannoun
noun
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He chose to favor biology over meritocracy and anointed Commodus as his heir when the boy was only 5 years old.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
Following the 2000 original, this sequel centres on Lucius, who we last saw as the young nephew of Joaquin Phoenix's Commodus in the first movie.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2023
And there’s “Gladiator,” of course, in which Phoenix sulked up a storm as the Roman emperor Commodus, a performance that feels, in retrospect, like a petulant warm-up act for this movie.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023
In fact, its a nymphaeum – a fancy water feature belonging to the Emperor Commodus.
From National Geographic • Apr. 15, 2023
But Pertinax was made emperor against the will of the soldiers, who, accustomed to living licentiously under Commodus, could not tolerate the honest way of life to which Pertinax wished to return them.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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