Assassination Click to see full answer Similarly one may ask, how did the real Commodus die?He was assassinated by strangulation in his bath on December 31st in the year 192. The plot to assassinate him was orchestrated by Prefect Laetus, who initially convinced his mistress (Marcia) to put poison into his food, but Commodus vomited this up.Likewise, when did Commodus die? December 31, 192 AD Similarly, how does Commodus die in Gladiator? Shortly before the film’s final sequence—a battle to the death between Commodus and Maximus in the arena—Commodus visits Maximus beneath the Colosseum. He stabs him in the back (yes, literally) and then orders Quintus to cover up the wound. He, however, dies in the process.Did an emperor ever fight in the Colosseum?The Emperor Commodus actually fought as a gladiator in the Colosseum ordering his fights to be inscribed in the public records and announced in the city-gazette. It is said that he engaged in gladiatorial bouts 735 times.
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