Rome 180-192 CE
AR Denarius 17mm, 2,87g
August 31
Commodus born as Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus to Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the Younger in Lanuvium.
Galen arrives in Rome. He soon serves as primary doctor to Marcus Aurelius, and then for most of the life of Commodus.
The elder twin brother of Commodus, Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus, dies.
October 12
Commodus made Caesar along with his younger brother, Marcus Annius Verus.
Marcus Annius Verus, the younger brother of Commodus, dies during an operation.
October 15
Commodus given the title Germanicus at Carnuntum, during the Marcomannic Wars headed by Marcus Aurelius.
January 20
Commodus enters the College of Pontiffs.
July 7
Commodus assumes his toga virilis, a sign of adult male citizenship, on the Danubian front.
September
Marcus Aurelius and Commodus are initiated into the Eleusinian Mysteries.
November
Marcus Aurelius and Commodus return to Rome from their campaign against Cassius.
December 23
Marcus Aurelius and Commodus celebrate a joint triumph.
February
Commodus assumes tribunician power.
January 1
Commodus becomes consul for the first time.
Commodus marries Bruttia Crispina.
Marcus Aurelius and Commodus head to the Danubian front again.
192 CE
The Emperor Commodus choose to hold the Olympic Games in Antioch.
March 17
Death of Marcus Aurelius. Commodus becomes Emperor.
Commodus devalues the Roman currency, lowering the Denarius from 3.85 grams to 3.35 grams.
October 22
Commodus holds a triumph for himself after a Danubian campaign.
Lucilla and two men (reputed to be her lovers) attempt to kill her brother Commodus. The men are executed and Lucilla is exiled to Capri.
Commodus devalues the Roman currency further.
May
During a food shortage, the people of Rome demand the head of Cleander, the chamberlain of Commodus, who gave in and executed Cleander and his children.
Rome under Commodus is severely damaged by a fire.
February
Commodus declares himself a new Romulus and re-founds Rome.
November
Commodus holds the Plebeian Games, where he shoots many animals and fights as a gladiator, of course winning every fight.
December 31
The mistress of Commodus, Marcia, discovers she is to be executed. She poisons him, but he vomits up the food. The wrestler Narcissus strangles Commodus in his bath.