On This Day in History: November 27

Nov 27, 2021

Commodus becomes emperor of Rome

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Is Commodus where we get the word commode?

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RoseAnne Mussar

Well he was a pretty shit emperor... (ok ok *somebody* was gonna say it eventually! LOL)

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Eric van Noorden

Love this story and a very significant lesson for our current time.

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