Commodus
Americannoun
noun
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Commodus, now a teenager, had shown he had none of his father’s nature; he so preferred athletics to statecraft that some believed he’d been sired by a gladiator.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
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
Phoenix was "excited" to work with Scott again, 23 years after he was cast as the emperor Commodus in Gladiator.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2023
In fact, its a nymphaeum – a fancy water feature belonging to the Emperor Commodus.
From National Geographic • Apr. 15, 2023
He also served Commodus, who was the son of Marcus Aurelius and became emperor when his father died in AD 180.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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