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Did Commodus, the infamous Roman Emperor depicted in Gladiator by Joaquin Phoenix, really murder his father Marcus Aurelius? And was he as "crazy" as depicted in the movie?

by /u/The_Red_Kraken in /r/AskHistorians

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