Dr. Alex Imrie

This is the end of the era that really commences with Nerva and Trajan, and Marcus Aurelius is regarded to be the final good emperor in that set of five that cover the second century. Now, Marcus Aurelius is not the... just the kind of sagely Richard Harris type character that we see in Gladiator 1.

This is the end of the era that really commences with Nerva and Trajan, and Marcus Aurelius is regarded to be the final good emperor in that set of five that cover the second century. Now, Marcus Aurelius is not the... just the kind of sagely Richard Harris type character that we see in Gladiator 1.

This is the end of the era that really commences with Nerva and Trajan, and Marcus Aurelius is regarded to be the final good emperor in that set of five that cover the second century. Now, Marcus Aurelius is not the... just the kind of sagely Richard Harris type character that we see in Gladiator 1.

And it's only in some later Latin sources that we have this question of Marcus Aurelius maybe regretting having to hand over the empire to Commodus, which is, again, what we see with the Richard Harris version. The history, the reality is, though, that there doesn't seem to be this moment where Marcus Aurelius says that he's going to restore the Republic.

And it's only in some later Latin sources that we have this question of Marcus Aurelius maybe regretting having to hand over the empire to Commodus, which is, again, what we see with the Richard Harris version. The history, the reality is, though, that there doesn't seem to be this moment where Marcus Aurelius says that he's going to restore the Republic.

And it's only in some later Latin sources that we have this question of Marcus Aurelius maybe regretting having to hand over the empire to Commodus, which is, again, what we see with the Richard Harris version. The history, the reality is, though, that there doesn't seem to be this moment where Marcus Aurelius says that he's going to restore the Republic.

I mean, that was never really a reality at this point in the empire. What happens is Marcus Aurelius hands over the reins of power, or brings in, rather, his son Commodus to share imperial rule with him. He brings Commodus in in the mid-170s, following a bit of a fright for his own regime, which is where one of his provincial governors, the governor of Egypt, Ovidius Cassius, rises in revolt.

I mean, that was never really a reality at this point in the empire. What happens is Marcus Aurelius hands over the reins of power, or brings in, rather, his son Commodus to share imperial rule with him. He brings Commodus in in the mid-170s, following a bit of a fright for his own regime, which is where one of his provincial governors, the governor of Egypt, Ovidius Cassius, rises in revolt.

I mean, that was never really a reality at this point in the empire. What happens is Marcus Aurelius hands over the reins of power, or brings in, rather, his son Commodus to share imperial rule with him. He brings Commodus in in the mid-170s, following a bit of a fright for his own regime, which is where one of his provincial governors, the governor of Egypt, Ovidius Cassius, rises in revolt.

Now, there's a lot of convoluted literary tragedy that's sort of injected into that tale, but ultimately the reality is Marcus Aurelius has been frightened that his regime isn't tremendously safe, and so he brings Commodus in as the official future of the dynasty. He'd been made a Caesar as a young boy, that heir apparent.

Now, there's a lot of convoluted literary tragedy that's sort of injected into that tale, but ultimately the reality is Marcus Aurelius has been frightened that his regime isn't tremendously safe, and so he brings Commodus in as the official future of the dynasty. He'd been made a Caesar as a young boy, that heir apparent.

Now, there's a lot of convoluted literary tragedy that's sort of injected into that tale, but ultimately the reality is Marcus Aurelius has been frightened that his regime isn't tremendously safe, and so he brings Commodus in as the official future of the dynasty. He'd been made a Caesar as a young boy, that heir apparent.

He was made a co-emperor alongside Marcus Aurelius, really for the last decade pretty much. of Marcus Aurelius's reign. Now when Marcus Aurelius dies, Commodus is the last man standing. He is the only emperor. There is no shared principate like we've seen in the earlier phase of Marcus Aurelius's rule. And we appear to have a fairly stable first couple of years of Commodus's reign.

He was made a co-emperor alongside Marcus Aurelius, really for the last decade pretty much. of Marcus Aurelius's reign. Now when Marcus Aurelius dies, Commodus is the last man standing. He is the only emperor. There is no shared principate like we've seen in the earlier phase of Marcus Aurelius's rule. And we appear to have a fairly stable first couple of years of Commodus's reign.

He was made a co-emperor alongside Marcus Aurelius, really for the last decade pretty much. of Marcus Aurelius's reign. Now when Marcus Aurelius dies, Commodus is the last man standing. He is the only emperor. There is no shared principate like we've seen in the earlier phase of Marcus Aurelius's rule. And we appear to have a fairly stable first couple of years of Commodus's reign.

There is a question of whether there's a bit of internal plotting going on and from the outset Commodus it seems is faced with a bit of unpopularity within the senatorial order especially. This is something that's reflected in

There is a question of whether there's a bit of internal plotting going on and from the outset Commodus it seems is faced with a bit of unpopularity within the senatorial order especially. This is something that's reflected in

There is a question of whether there's a bit of internal plotting going on and from the outset Commodus it seems is faced with a bit of unpopularity within the senatorial order especially. This is something that's reflected in

gladiator one where we have i think it's derrick jacobi give us the voice of the senate who are none too impressed with the the rather showy flashy wannabe gladiator that is the emperor commodus and we have this sense that commodus is kind of just going from one small crisis to another across the 180s And this culminates around the year 191, where we have a great fire in Rome as well.

gladiator one where we have i think it's derrick jacobi give us the voice of the senate who are none too impressed with the the rather showy flashy wannabe gladiator that is the emperor commodus and we have this sense that commodus is kind of just going from one small crisis to another across the 180s And this culminates around the year 191, where we have a great fire in Rome as well.