The Purge of Commodus

Commodus had taken a shine to debasing the Senate making erratic bureaucratic appointments and doing whatever he could to personally humiliate individual members of the aristocracy. Now with Cleanderus's partner in crime everything was ratcheted up a couple of notches. In mid 187 Cleander took the lead in a new round of purges this one aimed at anyone connected to the conspiracy Pertnax had decided to expose. This latest round of political murders is further notable for sweeping up the Empress Crispina along with everyone else. It doesn't look like she was in any way involved in the plot but rather that she simply fell victim to the whims of a probably sociopathic emperor who had