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One historian said the mad Commodus turned Rome “from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust”—yet few people know this brutal emperor’s dark history.

On the night River Phoenix died, he was with his girlfriend Samantha Mathis—and she recently broke her silence on the details of that heartbreaking night.

Joaquin Phoenix spent his early years in a cult before moving on to a turbulent career in Hollywood—but few know his even darker history.

One historian said the mad Commodus turned Rome “from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust”—yet few people know this brutal emperor’s dark history.

Joaquin Phoenix spent his early years in a cult before moving on to a turbulent career in Hollywood—but few know his even darker history.