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κ2007ΚόμοδοςCommodus… was the son of the last of the so-called five "good" emperors, Marcus Aurelius (mu 214), and reigned from 180 to 192. See generally A.R. Birley in OCD(4) s.v., and web address 1.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2284ΚωνσταντῖνοςConstantine the Great, Constantine I… with distinction under Galerius in order to ensure his father's good conduct, managed to return to Constantius' side in Britain and serve under him until his death at York on July 25, 306. [4] …Matched in noteshighmedium

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[Commodus,] emperor of [the] Romans; [it was he] who, driven by some fortune, advanced to such a point of madness and insanity as to reject his own name and to call himself Heracles and the son of Zeus. He bid that the…

Κόμοδος, βασιλεὺς Ῥωμαίων· ὃς ὑπό τινος τύχης ἐλαυνόμενος ἐς τοσοῦτον μανίας καὶ παροινίας προὐχώρησεν, ὡς τὴν ἰδίαν προσηγορίαν παραιτήσασθαι, Ἡρακλέα δὲ καὶ Διὸς υἱὸν…