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A Temple of the Genius of Oea is dated to 183 in the Tripoli file under Commodus’s reign

Local dedication under the reign is not the same as Commodus laying every brick. The Oea temple is a cohesion path of medium confidence on personal authorship of the fabric, high that the reign-year is listed. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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Context

Shared local magistracies remain. It does not cancel urban purges in Rome.

Commodus’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Livius’s buildings list dates a Temple of the Genius of Oea (Tripoli) to 183. Local dedication under the reign is not the same as Commodus laying every brick.

Why it matters

The Oea temple is a cohesion path of medium confidence on personal authorship of the fabric, high that the reign-year is listed.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Commodus

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactA Temple of the Genius of Oea is dated to 183 in the Tripoli file under Commodus’s reign
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 January 183 · verified

    The Oea temple is a cohesion path of medium confidence on personal authorship of the fabric, high that the reign-year is listed.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Livius — CommodusLivius.org · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — CommodusEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Livius records the 183 Oea temple under Commodus’s buildings outside Rome. Britannica independently frames the reign’s public chronology.

Commodus did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorCommodus
  2. contributed toFactA Temple of the Genius of Oea is dated to 183 in the Tripoli file under Commodus’s reign
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). A Temple of the Genius of Oea is dated to 183 in the Tripoli file under Commodus’s reign. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/com-oea-temple-183

https://factrail.ai/facts/com-oea-temple-183

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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