Decline And Fall; Contents Of Chapter 4

Scope Of Chapter IV.

A.D.
- Indulgence of Marcus
  - To his wife Faustina
  - To his son Commodus
180
- Accession of the Emperor Commodus
- Character of Commodus
- His Return to Rome
183
- Is wounded by an Assassin
- Hatred and Cruelty of Commodus towards the Senate
- The Quintilian Brothers
186
- The Minister Perennis
- Revolt of Maternus
- The Minister Cleander
- His Avarice and Cruelty
189
- Sedition and Death of Cleander
- Dissolute Pleasures of Commodus
- His Ignorance and low Sports
- Hunting of Wild Beasts
- Commodus displays his Skill in the Amphitheatre
- Acts as a Gladiator
- His Infamy and Extravagance
- Conspiracy of his Domestics
192
- Death of Commodus
- Choice of Pertinax for Emperor
- He is acknowledged by the Praetorian Guards
193
- And by the Senate
- The memory of Commodus declared infamous
- Legal Jurisdiction of the Senate over the Emperors
- Virtues of Pertinax
- He endeavours to reform the State
- His Regulations
- His Popularity
- Discontent of the Praetorians
- A Conspiracy Prevented
- Murder of Pertinax by the Praetorians

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