The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶121
The Cruelty, Follies, And Murder Of Commodus—Election Of Pertinax—His Attempts To Reform The State—His Assassination By The Prætorian Guards.Read in context ›
Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #731 (Milman edition) — public domain
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