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Emperor Commodus (Gladiator)

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Commodus: Thumbs up or thumbs down? We talk: Commodus' list of bad things, the importance having different virtues, mind-bending Commodus quotes, & more in an effort to understand the perspective of Emperor Commodus from the film, Gladiator (2000). At the end, Tiana shares her poem, "Emperor Commodus Goes to Pizza Ranch." 

Sources:

https://www.worldhistory.org/gladiator/
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/gladiators/gladiators.html
https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-roman-gladiators#:~:text=2.,the%20funerals%20of%20wealthy%20nobles.
https://www.worldhistory.org/commodus/

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