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Lucius Ceionius Commodus Verus Armeniacus (December 15, 130 – 169), known simply as Lucius Verus, was Roman co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius (161–180), from 161 until his death. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Motto Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) The Roman Empire at its greatest extent. ...
Bust of Lucius Verus in the Louvre, Paris. ...
is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Events March 7 - Roman emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. ...
Second Marcomanni War begins. ...
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121[1] â March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death. ...
is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
For other uses, see number 130. ...
Second Marcomanni War begins. ...
Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area - City 1,285 km² (580 sq mi) - Urban 5...
Castel SantAngelo from the bridge. ...
Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus Pius (September 19, 86âMarch 7, 161) was Roman emperor from 138 to 161. ...
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121[1] â March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death. ...
Denarius of Lucilla. ...
The Antonines most often referred to were two successive Roman Emperors who ruled between A.D. 138 and 180: Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, famous for their skilled leadership. ...
Lucius Aelius as Caesar. ...
Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus Pius (September 19, 86âMarch 7, 161) was Roman emperor from 138 to 161. ...
The Antonines most often referred to were two successive Roman Emperors who ruled between A.D. 138 and 180: Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, famous for their skilled leadership. ...
Lucius Verus AR Denarius. ...
Coin of Vologases IV. The reverse shows the throned king receiving a diadem from Tyche. ...
Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus Pius (September 19, 86âMarch 7, 161) was Roman emperor from 138 to 161. ...
Faustina the Younger Annia Galeria Faustina, the Younger, (c. ...
Events February 25 - Roman emperor Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius on condition that Antonius would adopt Marcus Annius Aurelius Verus. ...
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121[1] â March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death. ...
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121[1] â March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death. ...
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121[1] â March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death. ...
Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus (August 31, 161 â December 31, 192) was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 180 to 192. ...
Denarius of Lucilla. ...
Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus (August 31, 161 â December 31, 192) was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 180 to 192. ...
is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
For other uses, see number 130. ...
Second Marcomanni War begins. ...
This is a list of Roman Emperors with the dates they controlled the Roman Empire. ...
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121[1] â March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death. ...
Events March 7 - Roman emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. ...
Life
Adoption by Hadrian Verus was the son of Avidia Plautia and Lucius Aelius Caesar, the adopted son, and intended successor, of Emperor Hadrian (117–138). Lucius Aelius as Caesar. ...
Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus (January 24, 76 â July 10, 138), known as Hadrian in English was Roman emperor from 117 â 138, as well as a Stoic and Epicurean philosopher. ...
When Aelius Caesar died in 138, Hadrian chose Antoninus Pius (138–161) as his successor, on the condition that Antoninus adopt both Verus (then seven years old) and Marcus Aurelius, Hadrian's nephew. As an imperial prince, Verus received careful education from the most famous grammaticus Marcus Cornelius Fronto. Verus is reported to have been an excellent student, fond of writing poetry and delivering speeches. Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus Pius (September 19, 86âMarch 7, 161) was Roman emperor from 138 to 161. ...
Possibly the most famous Roman adoptee, Augustus Caesar In ancient Rome, adoption of boys was a fairly common procedure, particularly in the upper senatorial class. ...
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121[1] â March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death. ...
Marcus Cornelius Fronto (c. ...
Verus had two sisters. One sister Ceionia Fabia was engaged to Marcus Aurelius in 136. However Marcus Aurelius in 138, broke off the engagement to Fabia. Aurelius was adopted by emperor Antoninus Pius’ and was engaged to Pius’ daughter Faustina the Younger whom he later married. Lucius had another sister Ceionia Plautia, little is known about the sisters. Events Pope Hyginus succeeds Pope Telesphorus First year of Yonghe era of the Chinese Han Dynasty Change of Patriarch of Constantinople from Patriarch Eleutherius to Patriarch Felix Births Deaths Category: ...
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121[1] â March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death. ...
Events February 25 - Roman emperor Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius on condition that Antonius would adopt Marcus Annius Aurelius Verus. ...
Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus Pius (September 19, 86âMarch 7, 161) was Roman emperor from 138 to 161. ...
Faustina the Younger Annia Galeria Faustina, the Younger, (c. ...
Imperial accession Verus' political career started as quaestor in 153 and then as consul in 154. In 161, he was once again consul, with Marcus Aurelius as senior partner. Antoninus died on March 7, 161, and was succeeded by Marcus Aurelius. Verus was nonetheless opted as co-emperor, an unprecedented event in the Roman Empire. Officially both men shared equal powers, but in practice it was Marcus Aurelius who became the leader. Verus was given the control of the armies, proving the confidence between him and his senior brother. To solidify this alliance, Marcus Aurelius gave his daughter Lucilla in marriage to Verus. Lucius and Lucilla had two daughters and a son. The elder daughter and son died young, however the younger daughter lived long enough to be involved in a plot against her maternal uncle, emperor Commodus in 182. She was killed with her mother. Quaestores were elected officials of the Roman Republic who supervised the treasury and financial affairs of the state, its armies and its officers. ...
For other uses, see number 153. ...
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Events Anicetus becomes pope (approximate date) Anicetus meets with Polycarp of Smyrna to discuss the Computus. ...
Events March 7 - Roman emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. ...
is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Events March 7 - Roman emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. ...
Motto Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) The Roman Empire at its greatest extent. ...
Denarius of Lucilla. ...
Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus (August 31, 161 â December 31, 192) was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 180 to 192. ...
Events Commodus exiles his sister Lucilla to Capreae Births Origen, Christian theologian (approximate date) Sun Quan, founder of the Wu Kingdom in China Deaths Categories: 182 ...
Eastern campaigns Between 162 and 166 Verus was in the East, commanding a campaign against the Parthian empire for the control over the Armenian kingdom. In this war, the city of Seleucia on the Tigris was destroyed and the palace at the capital Ctesiphon was burned to the ground by Avidius Cassius in 164. The Roman legions advanced as far as Media. Vologases IV of Parthia (147–191) made peace but was forced to cede western Mesopotamia to the Romans. Verus is reported to have been an excellent commander, without fear of delegating military tasks to more competent generals. Events Lucius Verus begins a war with the Parthians, due to the invasion of Syria and Armenia by Vologases III of Parthia. ...
Events Pope Soter succeeds Pope Anicetus Change of Patriarch of Constantinople from Patriarch Laurence to Patriarch Alypius Dacia invaded by barbarians Conflict erupts on the Danube frontier between Rome and the Germanic tribe of the Marcomanni Roman envoy sent out by emperor Antoninus Pius. ...
Parthian Empire at its greatest extent, c60 BCE. The Parthian Empire was the dominating force on the Iranian plateau beginning in the late 3rd century BCE, and intermittently controlled Mesopotamia between ca 190 BCE and 224 CE. Parthia was the arch-enemy of the Roman Empire in the east and...
The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (sometimes referred to as Armenia Minor) was a state formed in the Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia. ...
The name Seleucia may denote any one of several cities in the Seleucid Empire. ...
Ctesiphon, 1932 Ctesiphon (Parthian and Pahlavi: Tyspwn as well as Tisfun, Persian: â, also known as in Arabic Madain, Maden or Al-Madain: اÙÙ
دائÙ) is one of the great cities of ancient Mesopotamia and the capital of the Parthian Empire and its successor, the Sassanid Empire, for more than 800 years...
Gaius Avidius Cassius (c. ...
Events Ctesiphon is captured by the Romans, but returned to the Parthians after the end of the war. ...
Coin of Vologases IV. The reverse shows the throned king receiving a diadem from Tyche. ...
Mesopotamia refers to the region now occupied by modern Iraq, and parts of eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and southwest Iran. ...
Contemporary accounts state that Verus did not live a hard life during the campaign. He was always surrounded with actors and musicians, enjoying copious banquets and other pleasures of life. Apparently his cheerful disposition spread to the troops, since the morale was high. His attitude apparently did not undermine his effectiveness. Verus remained a diligent leader and performed his tasks with competence. On his return to Rome, Verus was awarded with a Roman triumph, and the title of Armeniacus. The parade was unusual because it included Verus, Marcus Aurelius, their sons and unmarried daughters as a big family celebration. A Roman Triumph was a civil ceremony and religious rite of ancient Rome, held to publicly honour the military commander (dux) of a notably successful foreign war or campaign and to display the glories of Roman victory. ...
Years in Rome The next two years (166–168) were spent in Rome. Verus continued with his glamorous lifestyle and kept the troupe of actors and favourites with him. He had a tavern built in his house, where he celebrated parties with his friends until dawn. He also enjoyed roaming around the city among the population, without acknowledging his identity. The games of the circus were another passion in his life, especially chariot racing. Marcus Aurelius disapproved of his conduct but, since Verus continued to perform his official tasks with efficiency, there was little he could do. Chariot racing was one of the most popular ancient Greek and Roman sports. ...
Wars on the Danube and death - Further information: Marcomannic Wars
In the spring of 168 war broke out in the Danubian border when the Alamanni and the Marcomanni invaded the Roman territory. This war would last until 180, but Verus did not see the end of it. In 168, as Verus and Marcus Aurelius returned to Rome from the field, Verus fell ill with symptoms attributed to food poisoning, dying after a few days (169). However, scholars believe that Verus may have been a victim of smallpox, as he died during a widespread epidemic known as the Antonine Plague. Despite the minor differences between them, Marcus Aurelius grieved the loss of his adoptive brother. He accompanied the body to Rome, where he offered games to honour his memory. After the funeral, the senate declared Verus divine to be worshipped as Divus Verus. Combatants Roman Empire Marcomanni, Quadi, other Germanic peoples along the Danube Commanders Marcus Aurelius The Marcomannic Wars were a series of wars lasting over thirty years during the reign of Marcus Aurelius from about AD 166 until 180, which pitted the Roman Empire against the Marcomanni, Quadi and other Germanic...
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The Danube (ancient Danuvius, Iranian *dÄnu, meaning river or stream, ancient Greek Istros) is the longest river in the European Union and Europes second longest river. ...
area settled by the Alamanni, and sites of Roman-Alamannic battles, 3rd to 6th century The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were originally an alliance of Germanic tribes located around the upper Main, land that is today part of Germany. ...
The Marcomanni were a Germanic tribe, probably related to the Suebi or Suevi. ...
For other uses, see number 180. ...
// Events Change of Han Huandi to Han Lingdi of Han Dynasty; first year of Jianning era. ...
A foodborne illness (also foodborne disease) is any illness resulting from the consumption of food. ...
Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a highly contagious disease unique to humans. ...
The Antonine Plague AD 165-180, also known as the Plague of Galen, was an ancient pandemic, either of smallpox or measles brought back to the Roman Empire by troops returning from campaigns in the Near East. ...
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