Emperor Commodus: God and Gladiator
Author
John S. Mchugh
Commodus is best known as the narcissistic, incestuous, patricidal megalomaniac Emperor in Ridley Scott's Gladiator (played by Joaquin Phoenix). This is the first full-length biography of Commodus in English. Commodus was notorious for fighting as a gladiator, living a debauched lifestyle and declaring himself a god.