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[Gladiator] Maximus Decimus Meridius is executed in the forest as planned. What happens to Rome under Commodus' rule?

The Gladiator events go as planned, except without Maximus' help that one group die as history tells, and Commodus doesn't get killed. How does history progress from this point on?
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Commodus has a fairly peaceful reign, but there is a lot of discontent. By 190 CE he starts to give in to his own megalomania and declare himself Hercules, and the new Romulus, he would replace the head of the Colossus of Nero with one of his own, and even go as far as renaming Rome itself to Colonia Lucia Annia Commodiana.

A conspiracy to remove him from power takes hold, and eventually a wrestling partner of his named Narcissus strangles him during a visit to the baths. The Senate declares him an enemy and undoes his changes.

Unfortunately this does not bring peace, the new emperor, Pertinax does not last long and the next year is filled with strife as 5 emperors rise and fall, ending when Septimus Severus takes control.