Commodus: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: Radboud University Repository - Commodus: Rome's third maddest emperor (PDF). Jul 29, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 27, 2025
Add new Web site: Heritage History - Another cruel emperor. Dec 03, 2025
Anniversary information added. Aug 27, 2025
Add new Web site: The Leiden Collection - Emperor Commodus as Hercules and as a Gladiator (PDF). Aug 21, 2025
Add new Web site: Bryn Mawr Classical Review - Commodus: the public image of a Roman emperor. Jul 11, 2025
Add new Web site: The University of Chicago Press Journals - Commodus: The Public Image of a Roman Emperor. Mar 19, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 12, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Emperors and Empire: Marcus Aurelius and Commodus (PDF). Feb 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Radboud University Repository - Commodus: Rome's third maddest emperor (PDF). Feb 03, 2025
Media added. Aug 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Romana - The Life of Commodus. May 27, 2024
Add new Web site: De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and Their Families - Commodus (A.D. 180-192). Apr 19, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 23, 2024
Add new Web site: BCcampus Open Publishing - Commodus. Nov 14, 2023
Links added. Aug 11, 2023
Links added. Jul 28, 2023
Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Commodus: The Outrageous Emperor Who Fought as a Gladiator. Jul 06, 2023
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Commodus. Aug 22, 2022
Cross-references added. Dec 10, 2020
Corrected display issue. Aug 08, 2018
Revised styling of birth and death dates. Sep 25, 2012
Added new Web site: Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors - Biography of Commmodus. Sep 16, 2007
Added new Web site: UNRV History - Biography of Commodus. Sep 16, 2007
Added new Web site: Think Quest - Commodus. Sep 16, 2007
Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Commodus. Sep 16, 2007
Added new Web site: Illustrated History of the Roman Empire - Biography of Commodus. Sep 16, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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