The movies don’t really fill in what happened with the throne in the intervening years, but historically speaking, after the death of Commodus in 192 CE, a period known as the Year of the Five ...

Commodus. As a result, high treason and blind ambition lead to the death of Aurelius by poisoning, paving the way for a new era of oppression, endless machinations, and rapid decline. Now ...

It’s the home of Commodus Maximus, a Roman architect, and his slave, Josephus. Life as a slave in ancient Rome was usually very hard. They worked in mines and on farms, and many worked in houses ...