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Lucius Verus
Lucius Verus: emperor of the Roman world (161-169, co-ruler of Marcus Aurelius).
Names:
- 15 December 130: Lucius Ceionius Commodus
- 25 February 318: Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus
- 7 March 161: Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
- January (?) 169: natural death
Successor of: Antoninus Pius
Relatives
- father: Lucius Ceionius Commodus (= Lucius Aelius)
- mother: Avidia
- married to: Lucilla (daughter of Marcus Aurelius)
- children: Aurelia Lucilla (married to Claudius Pompeianus Quintianus)
Early career
- 130 Born in Rome
- 138 Adopted by Antoninus Pius
- 153 Quaestor
- 154 Consul
Main deeds
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Lucius Verus - 161, Spring: the Parthian king Vologases IV attacks Armenia; outbreak of a major war; destruction of VIII Hispana (or XXII Deiotariana?); debasement of the denarius
- 162 Lucius proceeds to the east; stays in Athens to be initiated in the Mysteries of Eleusis; arrives in Syria
- 163 Armenia recovered; marriage with Lucilla
- 164 After Lucius Verus has recovered Armenia, both emperors accept the title Armeniacus; captures the Parthian capital Ctesiphon
- 165 Outbreak of the Plague
- 166 Parthians defeated; Romans advance east of the Tigris; return to Rome; triumph; accepts the titles Medicus and Parthicus; birth of a daughter
- 167 Consul III (with Marcus Ummidius Quadratus); plague reaches Rome
- 168 Leaves Rome for tour along the Upper Danube; stays in Aquileia
- 169 Falls ill, returns to Rome, dies
Contemporary events
- 165 Execution of Justin Martyr
- 166 A Roman embassy reaches China
Buildings
- Arch of Marcus Aurelius, Oea (Tripoli)
Links
- biography included in the Historia Augusta