After he deposed the powerful Praetorian Guard commander Perennis for conspiring against him, he installed Cleander, whose corruption outraged the people to riot.
After he deposed the powerful Praetorian Guard commander Perennis for conspiring against him, he installed Cleander, whose corruption outraged the people to riot. He banished his wife Crispina for another conspiracy and executed his sister Lucilla for a third. Coins and busts of him often depict him with a club and a lion skin wrapped around his shoulders, for he thought himself a reincarnation of Hercules. For 10 points—name this successor of Marcus Aurelius who actually was killed in a gladiatorial fight.
After he deposed the powerful Praetorian Guard commander Perennis for conspiring against him, he installed Cleander, whose corruption outraged the people to riot.
Lucius Aelius Aurelius {Commodus}