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* '''Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus:''' originally Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus (161–192 A.D.) ([[Shem]]), the son of Marcus Aurelius ([[HCE]]), was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 180 to 192 A.D. He is often considered to have been one of the worst Roman Emperors, and his reign brought to a close the era of the "five good emperors". He had a [[twins|twin]] brother, Antoninus ([[Shaun]]), who died when he was about four years old, and a sister Lucilla ([[Issy]]) who was implicated in plots to overthrow him
 
* '''Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus:''' originally Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus (161–192 A.D.) ([[Shem]]), the son of Marcus Aurelius ([[HCE]]), was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 180 to 192 A.D. He is often considered to have been one of the worst Roman Emperors, and his reign brought to a close the era of the "five good emperors". He had a [[twins|twin]] brother, Antoninus ([[Shaun]]), who died when he was about four years old, and a sister Lucilla ([[Issy]]) who was implicated in plots to overthrow him
 
** [[Page_157|FW 157.26-27:]] "were conclaved with Heliogobbleus and Commodus and Enobarbarus"
 
** [[Page_157|FW 157.26-27:]] "were conclaved with Heliogobbleus and Commodus and Enobarbarus"
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0149&isize=XL&q1=Commodus Third Census of Finnegans Wake]  
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0149&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&isize=L&q1=Commodus Third Census of Finnegans Wake]  
 
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus Wikipedia]
 
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus Wikipedia]
  

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  • Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus: originally Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus (161–192 A.D.) (Shem), the son of Marcus Aurelius (HCE), was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 180 to 192 A.D. He is often considered to have been one of the worst Roman Emperors, and his reign brought to a close the era of the "five good emperors". He had a twin brother, Antoninus (Shaun), who died when he was about four years old, and a sister Lucilla (Issy) who was implicated in plots to overthrow him
  • commodus: (Latin) pleasant
  • commodious: conveniently spacious; adapted to wants
  • commode: an armchair containing a concealed chamber pot under the seat → the 6th of 7 elements in a circuit of HCE's bedroom
    • commode: a close-stool or cucking-stool; a toilet;
    • Ulysses 063.14-15: "stubbing his [Bloom's] toes against the broken commode"
    • chamber-pot → jordan → Giordano Bruno
  • κωμωδια (kōmōdia): (Greek) comedy
  • commedia: (Italian) comedy → Dante's Commedia (the "Divine Comedy")
  • commodious vicus → CV? → curriculum vitae, the course of one's life
  • κωμη (kōmē): (Greek) village → vicus