PrintJune 25, 2010
Commodus Castigates a Centurion
Emperor Lucius Aurelius Commodus, son of Marcus Aurelius, the last of the "five good emperors," ruled Rome from AD 177 to AD 192. History tells us that Commodus "proved to be a self-indulgent, disconnected leader." In fact, Commodus' "accession to power ended a spell of 80 years in Roman history which had brought men to the throne by merit rather than birth." Supposedly, Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus Augustus was filled with "cruelty, vanity, power and fear," which "formed into a terrifyingly dangerous mix of bloodlust, suspicion and megalomania." Thousands of years have passed, and presently, America is being ruled by Barack Obama. Obama also maneuvers his way through the political empire like a Roman emperor whose objective is retention of power by way of wile, stealth, and intimidation. Defy or disparage Obama, and a suspicious president adopts dealing with the offender as his top priority and behaves like an...(Read Full Article)
