161 - 192
Commodus (; 31 August 161 – 31 December 192) was a Roman emperor who ruled from 177 to 192. For the first three years of his reign he was co-emperor with his father Marcus Aurelius. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Commodus has received more than 11,721,204 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia. Commodus is the 30th most popular politician (down from 26th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Italy (down from 17th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Politician.
Commodus is most famous for his involvement in the murder of his father, Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
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Among politicians, Commodus ranks 30 out of 15,577. Before him are Cicero, Mikhail Gorbachev, Attila, Hurrem Sultan, Mao Zedong, and Queen Victoria. After him are Osman I, Abraham Lincoln, Qin Shi Huang, Louis XVI of France, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Justinian I.
106 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 86.32
Rank: 24
1931 - 2022
HPI: 86.13
Rank: 25
406 - 453
HPI: 86.03
Rank: 26
1502 - 1558
HPI: 85.98
Rank: 27
1893 - 1976
HPI: 85.88
Rank: 28
1819 - 1901
HPI: 85.80
Rank: 29
161 - 192
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 30
1254 - 1327
HPI: 85.24
Rank: 31
1809 - 1865
HPI: 85.22
Rank: 32
258 BC - 210 BC
HPI: 85.17
Rank: 33
1754 - 1793
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 34
1500 - 1558
HPI: 85.01
Rank: 35
482 - 565
HPI: 84.93
Rank: 36
Among people born in 161, Commodus ranks 1. After him are Lü Bu and Liu Bei. Among people deceased in 192, Commodus ranks 1. After him are Dong Zhuo and Cai Yong.
Among people born in Italy, Commodus ranks 18 out of 4,668. Before him are Niccolò Machiavelli (1469), Thomas Aquinas (1225), Benito Mussolini (1883), Giuseppe Verdi (1813), Cicero (-106), and Virgil (-70). After him are Giordano Bruno (1548), Francis of Assisi (1182), Amerigo Vespucci (1454), Caravaggio (1571), Nero (37), and Ovid (-43).
1469 - 1527
HPI: 88.12
Rank: 12
1225 - 1274
HPI: 87.11
Rank: 13
1883 - 1945
HPI: 86.73
Rank: 14
1813 - 1901
HPI: 86.57
Rank: 15
106 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 86.32
Rank: 16
70 BC - 19 BC
HPI: 85.91
Rank: 17
161 - 192
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 18
1548 - 1600
HPI: 85.43
Rank: 19
1182 - 1226
HPI: 84.80
Rank: 20
1454 - 1512
HPI: 84.72
Rank: 21
1571 - 1610
HPI: 84.46
Rank: 22
37 - 68
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 23
43 BC - 17
HPI: 84.24
Rank: 24
Among politicians born in Italy, Commodus ranks 5. Before him are Julius Caesar (-100), Augustus (-63), Benito Mussolini (1883), and Cicero (-106). After him are Nero (37), Marcus Aurelius (121), Caligula (12), Pontius Pilate (-12), Tiberius (-42), Lorenzo de' Medici (1449), and Mark Antony (-83).
100 BC - 44 BC
HPI: 92.63
Rank: 1
63 BC - 14
HPI: 89.71
Rank: 2
1883 - 1945
HPI: 86.73
Rank: 3
106 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 86.32
Rank: 4
161 - 192
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 5
37 - 68
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 6
121 - 180
HPI: 83.70
Rank: 7
12 - 41
HPI: 83.19
Rank: 8
12 BC - 38
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 9
42 BC - 37
HPI: 80.70
Rank: 10
1449 - 1492
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 11
83 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 12