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Lucius Ceionius Commodus Lucius Verus Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus Coin of Antoninus Pius

Historia Augusta: ‘In personal appearance he was strikingly handsome, in natural talent brilliant, in temperament kindly; he was aristocratic in countenance and calm in nature, a singularly gifted speaker and an elegant scholar, conspicuously thrifty, a conscientious land-holder, gentle, generous, and mindful of others' rights. He possessed all these qualities, moreover, in the proper mean and without ostentation, and, in fine, was praiseworthy in every way and, in the minds of all good men, well deserving of comparison with Numa Pompilius. ’ (Antoninus Pius 2) Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina

Mars visiting Rhea Silvia (origins of Romulus and Remus) Romulus with spolia opima Aeneas leaving Troy

Marcus Aurelius: "Do all things as a disciple of Antoninus. Think of his constancy in every act rationally undertaken, his invariable equability, his piety, his serenity of countenance, his sweetness of disposition, his contempt for the bubble of fame, and his zeal for getting a true grasp of affairs. “ (Meditations 6. 30) Theatre of Herodes Atticus in Athens

Lombards Marcomanni Quadi Marcomannic Wars 166 -73, 176 -80 Sarmatians dediticii

Historia Augusta: ‘Marcus Aurelius, devoted to philosophy as long as he lived, and pre-eminent among emperors in purity of life’(Marcus Aurelius 1) Fronto Domitia Lucilla Annia Galeria Faustina Lucilla mater castrorum Marcus Aurelius Coin of Faustina

Gaius Avidius Cassius Historia Augusta: ‘even from his earliest years he was base, and dishonorable, and cruel and lewd, defiled of mouth, moreover, and debauched. ’ (Commodus 1) Amazonius Invictus Pius Felix Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Hercules Romanus Exsuperatorius colonia Commodiana Marcus Aurelius Image of a youthful Commodus

Commodus as Hercules

Historia Augusta: "From him who was a foe of his fatherland let his honours be taken away; let the honours of the murderer be taken away; let the murderer be dragged in the dust. The foe of his fatherland, the murderer, the gladiator, in the charnel-house let him be mangled. He is foe to the gods, slayer of the senate, foe to the gods, murderer of the senate, foe of the gods, foe of the senate. Cast the gladiator into the charnel-house. He who slew the senate, let him be dragged with the hook; he who slew the guiltless, let him be dragged with the hook — a foe, a murderer, verily. He who spared not his own blood, let him be dragged with the hook; he who would have slain you, let him be dragged with the hook. Let the memory of the murderer and the gladiator be utterly wiped away. Let the statues of the murderer and the gladiator be overthrown. Let the memory of the foul gladiator be utterly wiped away. Cast the gladiator into the charnel-house. Hearken, Caesar: let the slayer be dragged with the hook. In the manner of our fathers let the slayer of the senate be dragged with the hook. More savage than Domitian, more foul than Nero. As he did unto others, let it be done unto him. . . (Commodus 18 -19)