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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2930592, member: 51347"]Nice job capturing that AE Sestertius [USER=88471]@Alsadeek Alsadouk[/USER] ! The Quadriga is great. </p><p><br /></p><p>I regret I have no AE's from Commodus, and would really like one similar to yours. I can toss in an AR Denarius...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]711509[/ATTACH]</p><p>RI Commodus 177-192 CE AR Denarius 17.7mm 2.42g Apollo Plectrum Lyre RIC 218 RSC 25 BMCRE 292 Rare Type</p><p><br /></p><p><b>He was an odd character... This section of Wikipedia says it all...</b></p><p><b>Copied from Wikipedia:</b></p><p>In opposition to the Senate, in his pronouncements and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconography" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconography" rel="nofollow">iconography</a>, <b>Commodus had always laid stress on his unique status as a source of god-like power</b>, liberality and physical prowess. Innumerable statues around the empire were set up portraying him in the guise of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules" rel="nofollow">Hercules</a>, reinforcing the image of him as a demigod, a physical giant, a protector and a battler against beasts and men (see "Commodus and Hercules" and "Commodus the Gladiator" below). Moreover, as Hercules, he could claim to be the son of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)" rel="nofollow">Jupiter</a>, the representative of the supreme god of the Roman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon_(gods)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon_(gods)" rel="nofollow">pantheon</a>. These tendencies now increased to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalomania" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalomania" rel="nofollow">megalomaniacal</a> proportions. Far from celebrating his descent from Marcus Aurelius, the actual source of his power, he stressed his own personal uniqueness as the bringer of a new order, seeking to re-cast the empire in his own image....</p><p><br /></p><p>...Perhaps seeing this as an opportunity, early in 192 Commodus, <b>declaring himself the new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus" rel="nofollow">Romulus</a>, ritually re-founded Rome, renaming the city</b> <i>Colonia Lucia Annia Commodiana</i>. All the <b>months of the year were renamed to correspond exactly with his (now twelve) names:</b> <i>Lucius</i>, <i>Aelius</i>, <i>Aurelius</i>, <i>Commodus</i>, <i>Augustus</i>, <i>Herculeus</i>, <i>Romanus</i>, <i>Exsuperatorius</i>, <i>Amazonius</i>, <i>Invictus</i>, <i>Felix</i>, <i>Pius</i>. <b>The legions were renamed</b> <i>Commodianae</i>, the fleet which imported grain from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_province" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_province" rel="nofollow">Africa</a> was termed <i>Alexandria Commodiana Togata</i>, the Senate was entitled the Commodian Fortunate Senate, <b>his palace and the Roman people themselves were all given the name <i>Commodianus</i></b>, and the day on which these reforms were decreed was to be called <i>Dies Commodianus</i>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus#cite_note-14" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus#cite_note-14" rel="nofollow">[14]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Thus he presented himself as the fountainhead of the Empire and Roman life and religion. He also had the head of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_of_Nero" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_of_Nero" rel="nofollow">Colossus of Nero</a> adjacent to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum" rel="nofollow">Colosseum</a> replaced with his own portrait, gave it a club and placed a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze" rel="nofollow">bronze</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion" rel="nofollow">lion</a> at its feet to make it look like <i>Hercules Romanus</i>, and added an inscription boasting of being "the only left-handed fighter to conquer twelve times one thousand men".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus#cite_note-15" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus#cite_note-15" rel="nofollow">[15]</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2930592, member: 51347"]Nice job capturing that AE Sestertius [USER=88471]@Alsadeek Alsadouk[/USER] ! The Quadriga is great. I regret I have no AE's from Commodus, and would really like one similar to yours. I can toss in an AR Denarius... [ATTACH=full]711509[/ATTACH] RI Commodus 177-192 CE AR Denarius 17.7mm 2.42g Apollo Plectrum Lyre RIC 218 RSC 25 BMCRE 292 Rare Type [B]He was an odd character... This section of Wikipedia says it all... Copied from Wikipedia:[/B] In opposition to the Senate, in his pronouncements and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconography']iconography[/URL], [B]Commodus had always laid stress on his unique status as a source of god-like power[/B], liberality and physical prowess. Innumerable statues around the empire were set up portraying him in the guise of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules']Hercules[/URL], reinforcing the image of him as a demigod, a physical giant, a protector and a battler against beasts and men (see "Commodus and Hercules" and "Commodus the Gladiator" below). Moreover, as Hercules, he could claim to be the son of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)']Jupiter[/URL], the representative of the supreme god of the Roman [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon_(gods)']pantheon[/URL]. These tendencies now increased to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalomania']megalomaniacal[/URL] proportions. Far from celebrating his descent from Marcus Aurelius, the actual source of his power, he stressed his own personal uniqueness as the bringer of a new order, seeking to re-cast the empire in his own image.... ...Perhaps seeing this as an opportunity, early in 192 Commodus, [B]declaring himself the new [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus']Romulus[/URL], ritually re-founded Rome, renaming the city[/B] [I]Colonia Lucia Annia Commodiana[/I]. All the [B]months of the year were renamed to correspond exactly with his (now twelve) names:[/B] [I]Lucius[/I], [I]Aelius[/I], [I]Aurelius[/I], [I]Commodus[/I], [I]Augustus[/I], [I]Herculeus[/I], [I]Romanus[/I], [I]Exsuperatorius[/I], [I]Amazonius[/I], [I]Invictus[/I], [I]Felix[/I], [I]Pius[/I]. [B]The legions were renamed[/B] [I]Commodianae[/I], the fleet which imported grain from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_province']Africa[/URL] was termed [I]Alexandria Commodiana Togata[/I], the Senate was entitled the Commodian Fortunate Senate, [B]his palace and the Roman people themselves were all given the name [I]Commodianus[/I][/B], and the day on which these reforms were decreed was to be called [I]Dies Commodianus[/I].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus#cite_note-14'][14][/URL] Thus he presented himself as the fountainhead of the Empire and Roman life and religion. He also had the head of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_of_Nero']Colossus of Nero[/URL] adjacent to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum']Colosseum[/URL] replaced with his own portrait, gave it a club and placed a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze']bronze[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion']lion[/URL] at its feet to make it look like [I]Hercules Romanus[/I], and added an inscription boasting of being "the only left-handed fighter to conquer twelve times one thousand men".[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus#cite_note-15'][15][/URL] [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus[/url][/QUOTE]
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