ehBeth wrote:Who picked Primo's avatar? It's mmmm ... yeah mmmmm.
Kinda Ashley and Mary Kate, if you know what I mean.
Excerpts from Wikipedia on the life of Commodus, Emperor of the Roman Empire. Born 31 August 161(161-08-31) Died 31 December 192 (age 31)
... the reign of ... Commodus was marked by ... the increasingly arbitrary and capricious behaviour of the Emperor himself ... he was mentally lazy ...
... Commodus had always laid stress on his unique status as a source of god-like power, liberality and physical prowess ... reinforcing the image of him as a demigod, a physical giant, a protector and a battler against beasts and men ... These tendencies now increased to megalomaniac proportions ... he stressed his own personal uniqueness as the bringer of a new order, seeking to re-cast the Empire in his own image ... ritually re-founded Rome, renaming the city Colonia Lucia Annia Commodiana. All the months were renamed to correspond exactly with his (now twelve) names: Lucius, Aelius, Aurelius, Commodus, Augustus, Herculeus, Romanus, Exsuperatorius, Amazonius, Invictus, Felix, Pius ... and the Roman people themselves were all given the name Commodianus ... Thus he presented himself as the fountainhead of the Empire and Roman life and religion.
... Commodus claimed two additional titles: Pacator Orbis (pacifier of the world) and Dominus Noster (Our Lord).
... Commodus was extremely proud of his physical prowess.
... The emperor also had a passion for gladiatorial combat, which he took so far as to take to the arena himself, dressed as a gladiator ... these bouts never ended in death ... The Roman people also found Commodus' naked gladiatorial combats as disgraceful and disgusting.
... Often wounded soldiers and amputees would be placed in the arena for Commodus to slay with a sword. Commodus' eccentric behavior would not stop there. Citizens of Rome missing their feet due to accident or disease were taken to the arena where they were tethered together for Commodus to club to death while pretending they were giants...
... In 2000's Gladiator, he was portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix in an Academy Award-nominated performance.
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In the movie, Joaquin Phoenix portrayed Commodus as a mean, spineless, arrogant, ambitious young man, full of his own importance but showing few signs of intelligence, common decency or fair play.
Actually I think it is one of the best avatar's I've seen on A2K. :wink: