Antoninus Pius
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| Antoninus Fulvius Pius | |||||
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| 15t Emperor o the Roman Empire | |||||
 Bust o Antoninus Pius, at Glyptothek, Munich. | |||||
| Ring | 11 Julie 138 – 7 Mairch 161 | ||||
| Predecessor | Hadrian | ||||
| Successor | Marcus Aurelius an Lucius Verus | ||||
| Born | 19 September 86 near Lanuvium, Italy | ||||
| Dee'd | 7 Mairch 161 (aged 74) Lorium | ||||
| Buirial | Hadrian's Mausoleum | ||||
| Wife | |||||
| Issue | Faustina the Younger, ane ither dauchter an twa sons, aw died afore 138 (naitural); Marcus Aurelius an Lucius Verus (adoptive) | ||||
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| Imperial Dynasty | Antonine | ||||
| Faither | Titus Aurelius Fulvius (natural); Hadrian (adoptive, from 25 Feb. 138) | ||||
| Mither | Arria Fadilla | ||||
Antoninus Pius (Laitin: Titus Fulvius Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius;[1][2] born 19 September, 86 AD – died 7 Mairch, 161 AD), forby kent as Antoninus, wis Roman Emperor frae 138 tae 161. He wis a member o the Nerva-Antonine dynasty an the Aurelii.[3]
He acquired the name Pius efter his accession tae the throne, either acause he compelled the Senate tae deify his adoptive faither Hadrian,[4] or acause he haed saved senators sentenced tae daith bi Hadrian in his later years.[5]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Weigel, Antoninus Pius
- ↑ In Clessical Laitin, Antoninus' name would be inscribed as TITVS AELIVS HADRIANVS ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS PIVS.
- ↑ Bowman, pg. 150
- ↑ Birley, pg. 54; Dio, 70:1:2
- ↑ Birley, pg. 55, citing the Historia Augusta, Life of Hadrian 24.4
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