The Deserters’ War and British troop revolt sit in 186 under Commodus as Livius lists them
Not Commodus’s personal British itinerary. In the causal graph this event weakens Forced-Displacement Scale, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — an improving welfare path.
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Context
Shared governors (Pertinax) remain the field authors of suppression.
Commodus’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.
Livius: 186 — Pertinax overcomes a revolt of the British troops; Deserters’ War. Field suppression is Pertinax’s and the armies’; the reign-year still carries the cohesion cost. Not Commodus’s personal British itinerary.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Commodus
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.4 · verified
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactThe Deserters’ War and British troop revolt sit in 186 under Commodus as Livius lists them
- weakensDriverForced-Displacement Scale
- strengthensIndicators (2)People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)
impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 January 186 · verified
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.4 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.8)
Observed
69M people (stock, end-of-year) · 28M above the normal line (2025)
Worse than normal3 readings, 2023–2025: rose from 68M people (stock, end-of-year) to 69M people (stock, end-of-year).
Above normal = worse
- Better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.46)
Observed
10.4% · 10.2 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 11.1% to 10.4%.
Above normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Livius — CommodusLivius.org · High credibility · verified
- 2.Britannica — CommodusEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Livius places the Deserters’ War and British troop revolt in 186. Britannica independently frames military disorder inside the reign.
Commodus did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. Pertinax suppressed; Commodus reigned. Split from 184 title. Pertinax suppressed; Commodus reigned. Split from 184 title.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorCommodus
- contributed toFactThe Deserters’ War and British troop revolt sit in 186 under Commodus as Livius lists them
- weakensDriverForced-Displacement Scale
- strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)
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Factrail. (2026). The Deserters’ War and British troop revolt sit in 186 under Commodus as Livius lists them. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/com-deserters-war-186
https://factrail.ai/facts/com-deserters-war-186
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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