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Commodus

Commodus, Roman emperor. This site has 4 entries dated between AD 176 and AD 193 involving Commodus, listed in chronological order with the Roman date and calendar of each.

  1. March 25 · a.d. VIII Kal. Apr. · Roman calendar date
    Hilaria: the day of rejoicing (Listed AD 354)
  2. December 23 · a.d. X Kal. Ian. · Julian date · ≈ Dec 22 on our calendar
    Triumph of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus (AD 176)
  3. December 31 · pr. Kal. Ian. · Julian date · ≈ Dec 30 on our calendar
    Assassination of Commodus (AD 192)
  4. March 28 · a.d. V Kal. Apr. · Julian date · ≈ Mar 27 on our calendar
    Pertinax murdered by the Praetorian Guard (AD 193)
LATIN LINE OF THE DAY

Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura quae legis hic.

“Some are good, some middling, more are bad, of what you read here.”

Martial, Epigrams 1.16 · translation ours (literal)