Commodus's Return to Rome

In october one, 80, acommidus returned to rome to begin the process of securing his rule. He had been very careful about making sure that there would be no pretenders to the throne when commoda succeeded him. And in this he was entirely successful. Commodus figured his rule would be unchallenged if he won the support of two groups, the soldiers in the field and the masses in the street. But it is also worth pointing out that the various german tribes had just had the snot kicked out of them for the better part of 12 years. Their leaders were all dead, and the ranks of their armies had been reduced by plague. The war even