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{{short description|Roman emperor from 177 to 192}}
{{Other people|Commodus|Commodus  (disambiguation)}}
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| image        = Commodo vestito da Ercole ai Musei Capitolini.jpg
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| alt          = Marble bust of Commodus
| caption      = [[Commodus as Hercules]] (AD 192), one of the most famous Roman sculptures.<ref>[https://www.museicapitolini.org/en/opera/busto-di-commodo-come-ercole#:~:text=The%20bust%20is%20one%20of,of%20the%20Greek%20hero's%20feats Bust of Commodus as Hercules.] ''Musei Capitolini''</ref>
| succession   = [[Roman emperor]]
| reign        = early 177 – 31 December 192<br/>(senior from 17 March 180)
| predecessor  = [[Marcus Aurelius]]
| successor    = [[Pertinax]]
| birth_date   = 31 August 161
| birth_place  = [[Lanuvium]], near [[Rome]], [[Roman Italy|Italy]]
| death_date   = 31 December 192 (aged 31)
| death_place  = Rome, Italy
| burial_place = [[Castel Sant'Angelo|Hadrian's Mausoleum]]
| spouse       = [[Bruttia Crispina]]
| full name    = {{bulleted list|Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus{{sfn|Hammond|pp=32–33}}<ref>[[s:de:RE:Aurelius 89|RE Aurelius 89]]</ref>|Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus<ref name=cooley>{{cite book |last=Cooley |first=Alison E. |author-link=Alison E. Cooley |title=The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy |url={{googlebooks|VlghAwAAQBAJ|plainurl=y}} |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2012 |page=494 |isbn=978-0-521-84026-2}}</ref>}}
| dynasty      = [[Nerva–Antonine dynasty|Nerva–Antonine]]
| father       = [[Marcus Aurelius]]
| mother       = [[Faustina the Younger]]
| reg-type     = {{nowrap|Co-emperor}}
| regent       = Marcus Aurelius (177–180)
}}
{{Nerva–Antonine dynasty
|image = [[File:INC-1818-a Ауреус Коммод ок. 186-187 гг. (аверс).png|150px]]
|caption = Aureus of Commodus
}}
'''Commodus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɒ|m|ə|d|ə|s}};<ref>[http://www.dictionary.com/browse/commodus "Commodus"]. ''[[Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary]]''.</ref> {{IPA|la|ˈkɔmmɔdʊs|lang}}; 31 August 161 – 31 December 192) was [[Roman emperor]] from 177 to 192, first serving as nominal co-emperor under his father [[Marcus Aurelius]] and then ruling alone from 180. Commodus's sole reign is commonly thought to mark the end of the [[Pax Romana]], a golden age of peace and prosperity in the history of the [[Roman Empire]].

Commodus accompanied his father during the [[Marcomannic Wars]] in 172 and on a tour of the Eastern provinces in 176. The following year, he became the youngest [[Roman emperor|emperor]] and [[Roman consul|consul]] up to that point, at the age of 16. His solo reign saw less military conflict than that of Marcus Aurelius, but internal intrigues and conspiracies abounded, goading Commodus to an increasingly dictatorial style of leadership. This culminated in his creating a deific [[personality cult]], including his performances as a [[gladiator]] in the [[Colosseum]]. Throughout his reign, Commodus entrusted the management of affairs to his palace chamberlain and praetorian prefects, namely [[Saoterus]], [[Tigidius Perennis|Perennis]], and [[Marcus Aurelius Cleander|Cleander]].

Commodus was assassinated by the wrestler [[Narcissus (wrestler)|Narcissus]] in 192, ending the [[Nerva–Antonine dynasty]]. He was succeeded by [[Pertinax]], the first claimant in the tumultuous [[Year of the Five Emperors]].