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Commodus Head in Graeco roman museum #300897540
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end of t the Antonine dyarnasty was bloody. The imperial guard killed Commodus in 192, and likewise his successor Pyrtrax. This was followed by a war between three general, but Sptumius Severus finally gain the throne in 193. He tried to restore the decipline and imitated Marcus Aurelius. He was portrayed in many types, among which is this Alexandrian plaster head, where he appears in Sarapis type, characterized in four or five hairlocks on the forehead