Colossus
A celebrated brazen image at Rhodes, which was considered to be one of the seven wonders of the world. It was 105 Greek feet in height, and cost 300 talents. It bestrode the entrance to the smaller harbor of Rhodes.
Commodus, L. Aurelius Antoninus. Son of M.
Antoninus, succeeded his father in the Roman empire. He was naturally cruel and fond of indulging his licentious propensities.
Desirous of being likened to Hercules, he adorned his shoulders with a lion's skin, and carried a knotted club in his hand. He fought with the gladiators, and boasted of his skill in killing wild beasts in the amphitheater. He was strangled by a wrestler in the thirty-first year of his age, A. D. 192.