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Commodus

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A narcissistic and insecure Roman Emperor who murdered his father to seize power, Commodus rules through spectacle and cruelty while desperately seeking the love of the people. His jealousy of the honorable General Maximus drives him to increasingly tyrannical and unstable behavior as he struggles to command the respect his father never gave him.

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