(November 11, 2020 at 5:10 pm)SUNGULA Wrote:(November 11, 2020 at 2:02 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: An even better comparison, apart from the morbid obesity, would be Commodus.Commodus was a good fighter though. Trump couldn't whip cream.
Boru
(November 11, 2020 at 4:52 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Caligula gets a lot of bad press he doesn’t deserve. Commodus was ‘said’ to be able to fight. I’m not sure that clubbing bound amputees so he could pretend to be Hercules counts as ‘fighting’.Umm he actually real opponents
Boru
(November 11, 2020 at 2:29 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Incompetent despots who lasted a long time is not scarce in the Caribbean and Central America. Who said their natural territory does not include north of Rio Grande as well?Caligula appreciated art
Caligula is more apt. Nero has an appreciation for the arts, commodus is said to be able to fight.
From the Wikipedia entry on Commodus:
Quote:Commodus' opponents always submitted to the emperor; as a result he never lost. Commodus never killed his gladiatorial adversaries, instead accepting their surrenders. His victories were often welcomed by his bested opponents, as bearing scars dealt by the hand of an Emperor was considered a mark of fortitude.[32] Citizens of Rome missing their feet through accident or illness were taken to the arena, where they were tethered together for Commodus to club to death while pretending they were giants.Privately, it was also his custom to kill his opponents during practice matches.
Colour me less than impressed.
Boru
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