Lucius Aurelius Verus

<font face="times new roman,times">Commodus, Lucius Aurelius</font><!--google_ad_section_start--><p><font face="times new roman,times"><strong>Commodus, Lucius Aurelius</strong> (<em>Com`modus, Lucius Aurelius</em>) , Roman emperor, son and successor of </font><font face="times new roman,times" color="#009900">Marcus Aurelius</font><font face="times new roman,times">; carefully trained, but on his father&#39;s death threw up the reins and gave himself over to every form of licentiousness; poison administered by his mistress Marcia being slow in operating, he was strangled to death by a hired athlete in 162. </font></p>