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  • Was he even as bad as they say? I mean, probably, absolute power and all that, but from what I hear the madness of Caligula is severely overblown since the main sources we have on him are the Roman versions of tabloids, so maybe it’s similar with Commodus.

    Never really looked into it too closely though, and it’s probably safe to err on the side of “absolutist ruler was an asshole”.