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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Latin 3]] Report on Commodus. Make a handout with important facts; map, poster, or PowerPoint as a visual aid; 2-5 minute presentation; have 3 sources; 3 discussion questions; activity is extra credit (I didn't do an activity)<br />
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==Worksheet==<br />
{{Word|Image:Commodus Handout.doc}}<br />
{{pdf|Image:Commodus Handout.pdf}}<br />
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==Powerpoint==<br />
{{PP|Image:Commodus.ppt}}<br />
{{PDF|Image:Commodus Powerpoint.pdf}}<br />
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==Basics==<br />
*Son Marcus Aurelis and Faustina<br />
*Born in Lanuvium 161 CE<br />
*Spent teen years on the frontlines with his father<br />
*Educated intellectually, not militarily<br />
*After father’s death, surrendered to tribes, people had high hopes, thought he would rule like his father<br />
==Ruler==<br />
*Coins showed him as warrior<br />
*Popular for most of his rule<br />
*Generous<br />
*Taxed the Senatorial class<br />
*Made him popular with the people<br />
*But disliked in the Senate<br />
==Megalomaniac==<br />
*'''Obsessed''' with Hercules<br />
*Carried lion skin and club<br />
*Fought in the Coliseum (always won)<br />
**Considered scandalous<br />
**Charged 1 million sesterces/fight (lots of $$)<br />
*Great archer<br />
*Refounded Rome (so he could claim himself as the founder)<br />
*Renamed the months to correspond with his titles<br />
*Renamed the population Commodianus<br />
*Made the years correspond to his age<br />
==Titles==<br />
*Caesar age 5<br />
*Germanicus age 11<br />
*Imperator age 16<br />
*Co-Augusts age 17<br />
*Emperor age 19<br />
*God age 29<br />
*Dead age 31<br />
==Death==<br />
*Several attempts made on his life<br />
*On 31 December 192, an athlete Narcissus strangled him in the baths<br />
*Senate rolled back most of his changes<br />
*After him the year of the five emperors<br />
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==Questions==<br />
#Why was Commodus murdered?<br />
#Why do you think he was crazy?<br />
#Did his intellectual education cause him to rebel?<br />
==Sources==<br />
#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus “Commodus” Wikipedia]<br />
#[http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761575948/Commodus_Lucius_Aelius_Aurelius.html “Commodus” Encarta (pay edition)]<br />
#http://www.roman-emperors.org/commod.htm</div>ThePlaz