“ You sly dog, you got me monologuing!”

Ha, lmao

lol! you are not wrong! life is stranger then fiction!

Just plain dumb.

Yeah, that's why you stab *first* and gloat afterward.

@Jakub Michalak-Palarz but they did get the wise father/degenerate son part right.

Richard Harris was a great great actor. His portrayal of Dumbledore in The Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets are two of my personal favorite performances of all time.

@@nicolainielsen7700 if you think his act in those was good then watch the Count of Monte Cristo. He was actually good in that one. This Napoleonic era story is on par with Shakespeare's works.

@@jeffborders5526 I've read the book several times, but somehow completely missed that there was a movie. Off to watch this second.

It is Kind of ironic that Commodus is the one that actually got strangled

"You sly dog you got me monologuing"

Maybe he thought he was in a Movie

If only his parents had named him Bigus Monologius

If you gotta shoot... shoot - don’t talk

@@mikebaum5301 -Tuco ❤️

😂

I wasn't there, but i think this is incredibly accurate

Aurelius - great leader, brilliant philosopher, naïve and indulgent father. Commodus is just lucky we already had the story of Narcissus or we'd be diagnosing people today with 'Commodian Personality Disorder'.

Is this the origin of the word "commode?" 🤔

One wonders what the offspring of Nietzsche, Schopenhauer and Cioran would've been like: "Screw you, dad! Life in itself is meaningful and beautiful and I'm going to do my best to help as many as I can. I'll also convert to Catholicism, because God is real and he rules!"

Tim McGaha It would need to be a lion skin, not a bear, to be Hercules. Russell Crowe would still be just as perplexed.

There's a videogame called Colosseum: Road to Freedom that portraits a more historical accurate version of Commodus in both visual and personality ways. And spoiler alert... Narcissus is there and Laetus and the multiple assassination attempts. There a prequel called Gladiator Begins that revolves around commodus raising to power too

Probably bc it would have taken too many takes for Russell crowe. He wouldn't have been able to keep a straight face! Lol

nah, it's fantastic in of itself.

Phoenix actually made him seem graceful lol

Love makes you blind, or he just wanted to make a dynasty.

He tried to mold him as much as he could but remember, Marcus Aurelius died when Commodus was 18

That's plenty of time to mold him

For starters he was the first emperor since Titus who had a clear biological heir. He might have feared for Commodus' safety since if he chose someone else, they could end up getting Commodus killed due to percieving him as a threat. Finally he gave him co-emperorship at 16. Marcus might've thought he'd live another decade and have Commodus mature under his tutelage. Remember; Commodus was the youngest emperor since Nero

@Billy Mayes You’re not Commodus and he you. Different time, setting, culture.

U know he wanted credit for the assassination

Oh! Joy!! Killed by a sword made of beautiful red rose's & poesies...ahhh yesss, the horror...the beautiful, lovely horror.

“My name is Iñigo Montoya you killed my father, prepare to die”

What was that from again?

@@grantwalter2243 first quote was Gladiator and the second was Princess Bride.

Original.

At my command unleash Hell😃

I was thinking how much that guy's name "Tigidius Perennis" looks like "Turgidus Perennis"

He hasth a wife, you know…

@@TheCorrodedMan incontenentia ...buttocks?

@@mta4562 WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THITH? TO THE AWENA, ALL OF YOU

My thought exactly!!

Ikr?! 😅

Evil is a choice, not a personality trait.

😡⁉️

@@stockholm1752 You're wondering what I meant? We too often weaken our condemnation of "bad" people by tacitly accepting the idea that a trait like narcissism is the cause of many of their faults. However, it seems to me that the evil intentions are what produce the rotten fruit of this trait. I was just pointing it out as an opinion.

@@stockholm1752 Orange men often take umbrage at facts. Truth is, I was referencing the Roman dictator, but if the shoe fits the Orange Man, such is life.

...what?

@@jaysmith1685 Its believed he designed a crescent shaped arrowhead to kill ostriches

What a bizarrely specific endeavor

Yup! He did this because he was amused by the fact that they would continue to run headless for a short time… 😅

I made a villain named Commodus

I clicked right away

Yes

Yeeeees

:D

Simon is probably used to saying stuff like that, just like in the Edmund Kemper video where after he killed his mom Simon said "and then he cut off her head, sexualy violated her face, and then threw darts at it"

Yep! Rode it for approx fifty miles before the great beast died from exhaustion.

🤣🤣🤣

You knew Marcus Aurelius?

@@thejudgmentalcat No, but he touched me on the shoulder once.

@@yourstruly4817 👏👏👏👏

Strength and honor

Smile for me now, brother

In the great race to reach the ovum-the best sperms don't always beat the rest. Sometimes th flawed or moronic sperms get there first.

He was 18, inexperienced, born into wealth and power(born under purple), rich, spoilt, arrogant and did not like being a soldier. Thus got surrounded by sycophants! I blame his father- who should have chosen a general to run Rome FOR his son.

Is it? How? This still happens, there are many great and successful people out there and their kids come out as completely irresponsible and a massive superiority complex which results in all the parent’s accomplishments being thrown away for selfish reasons.

@@htoodoh5770 Stupid fool never suffered under hardship other than a cold day at camp.

Imagine being 18 and then suddenly you are LITERALLY the King of the world, with life and death power over anyone. Probably 99% of people would become a Nero or a Commodus. Marcus Aurelius probably feared for his son's life if another man inherited the throne, who knows.

*and this coming from someone who had dragons*

@@scottmantooth8785 😂

And follows it w "I am not my father, I am the merciful Queen", followed by "Dracarys"!!

Yeah its a sad thing that alot of history is written by people who hated the figure they are writing about

i watched another video on him and it was pointed out that the sources was people who hated him and the narrator was also giving an alternative eplanation on why did Commodus did what he did. So i don't believe he was that crazy or vain.

He's a fallable human like we all are, shocking

should havw picked the 🇪🇸

Well, he did try to give him the best tutors to prepare him for the role. Even Dio, who was unsympathetic, acknowledged that he wasn't born evil.

He had no choice but to pick his son. Any Roman emperor would have done the same. Not picking him means condemning him to a quick death.

@@thechosenone1533 He very much had the choice. Since Roman Emperors were picked and not passed by birth rights, Commodus would’ve had zero claim to the title if he hadn’t been chosen. No claim means no reason to be murdered by anyone. Commodus was picked and was terrible, and he ended up paying it with his life. So in the end, Aurelius doomed him when he picked him.

Haha

The former is closer to the truth than the later.

They should include a disclaimer so people don't form erroneus ideas about the past.

*next you'll tell us that the Titanic movie was not at all accurate as to how it was not an iceberg that sunk the ship but those sneaky aliens and their E-Vil™ technology*

You be surprised how many ignorant people there in the world.

I followed the podcast "History of Rome" and according to Mike Duncan, his thoughts mind you, that Marcus Aurelius was put into a dilemma in regards to what he should do to Commodus. He could disinherit him, but that will create a succession crisis because there will be people lobbying for Commodus to rule. And the alternative was that Marcus killed Commodus, but regardless of Commodus' cruel behavior, he was still his son and Marcus couldn't just make himself order the death of his son. And undoubtly, ordering the death of his heir would create more chaos in a time where Marcus was warring against aggressive Germanic tribes and dealing with a plague ravaging the empire. Given the huge list of immediate issues that Marcus had to deal with during his lifetime, I believe that dealing with succession issue was on the lower bottom of his list. I think if Marcus had more time to consider and prepare, he might have handled the succession differently such as putting Commodus with a more capable co-ruler. But we never really know, because that would also create potential problems such as a power struggle if both rulers couldn't agree. Marcus Aurelius is among my favorites of the Roman Emperors and it is such a tragedy that he had to rule during such a turbulent era.

Where did you read that say Commodus was a cruel child?

Aurelius was busy on that opium

@@davi1415 Exactly. And he wasn't as bad as he later became at the time Marcus died. Spoilt but not a monster. Yet

Commodus was 18 when Marcus died. I don't think even marcus could see the future. Marcus groomed him while he was alive but there's no real telling how your 18 yr old son is going to be as an emporer when you're gone

It’s what they did to Christians. Romans REALLY hates Christians.

@@joecoastie99 I’m just hoping it was at least the elder wand 🤣😭

Wands and SPONGES!! I laughed my head off on that one!

@@Cry.For.Ukraine just in case they are too dangerous with that wand 🤣😭

And sponges, to be fair.

I mean, given Commodus staged fights to look cool, I'm sure most gladiators would've been up for the job.

If I recall correctly, Narcissus was Commodus' gladiator trainer. As to the question about assassins behind every corner, if you are the emperor then, yes. Everybody wants your job and the people most acceptable for that job are among your friends and family. It is no wonder that these Romans are the men that the Mafia looked to for inspiration.

m m...your sarcasm is noted 😏! No honor among thieves, but in the Romans' case, the means used to get to power (except those born into wealth) would be their undoing, pretty much...that's why they were all weary of everyone else.

@@marinazagrai1623 oh that's true..i guess things we think of as extremely shocking or corrupt is really defined by our society..perhaps to people far removed in space and time (or..sadly people not that far removed at all) might have a different norm and see it as a career/business decision, albeit with certain risks. i guess imagining experiencing such a different world is part of the fun/horror of history (the funrror? :) especially with the romans where they had so many things similar to us too

Nero was Emperor for 14 years. 54-68 AD

Very true, sometimes what one brings into the world are just a bunch of enemies which should never have been born.

You can't choose your family.

"No, wait, I'm alright. In fact, I think I'm getting better." *multiple stab wounds later* "Oh, yep, that'll do it."

*thumbs up* Scrotum!

I suggest The History of Rome podcast or the recent Extra History series on the Third Century Crisis, which features the Year of the Five Emperors in song form!

The year of "The 5 good emperors" is the actual term.

You would have thought that the emperors had figured out that it was best to choose a capable man and not just your son to be the emperor...

@@Pikkabuu Yeah you would think... But that was a really novel idea in their world/culture. It was natural for your son to inherit your estates and your client network. Power was an obvious thing to pass on (especially given it was mostly just a consequence of the network of influence at the beginning)

@@johnkeefer8760 But it was very common that the emperor would choose the best man to be his successor and then adopt the person as his son. Just look at how the Five Good Emperors chose their successors and then look how things went when Marcus Aurelius just decided that his son would be his successor...

@@Pikkabuu he was the first of the 5 Good Emperors to have a son who could succeed him. I doubt the others would have passed over their sons. To be fair, if an emperor passes over his son, the son will be a natural rallying point and you risk civil war (very common in those days)

Maybe that’s why they were good. They weren’t born with money and royalty. Commodus was rich and pampered from birth, and didn’t have military service. And like pleasure more than governing.

Sounds a bit like Mr Evil... dr ...DR Evil

@@mrwdpkr5851 And most Bond movie villains.

Biggus dickus isn't it?

@@likelyladsss what's so funny?

Junior

Not funny

@@MrSmokincodz it is...

@@alextombagaa Maybe if you have the iq of 10

*"Tomato Tomahto -George Gershwin* *"It's not a toomah" -Arnold Schwarzenegger*

A commodian tells jokes that kill

It still rules.

As Joker?

@@annescholey6546 lol 👎🏿

*let's just call you "Bob" and be done with it shall we?*

Cesare Borgia, born Cesar Borja.

Rodrigos son

Every body knows the borgias

@@diarradunlap9337 ???? Cesare borgia , born cesare borgia. What are you talking about, don't get it....

There's also widely popular (false) belief that modern image of Jesus is modeled after Cesare Borgia's facial features. While there might be some resemblance, it's just a coincidence: earliest paintings of Jesus are from 6th century.

His mother was also his cousin once removed.

Furniture🤣?

@@jacobmorales1283 I'm more concerned about the goats

Invented by a chap named Thomas Crapper, no less.

Ha! You evil bastard 😉

No, ETA threatened to but has no arms....

he didn't punch anyone in Gladiator. The editing was so fast you wouldn't have been able to tell who he putnched anyway if you were able to tell that he hit at all

What, were you not entertained? Isn't that why you are here?

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