Antoninus Pius
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This detail of a carved marble column from the second century CE shows the apotheosis, or elevation to divine status, of the emperor Antoninus Pius and his wife Faustina.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
"After the emperor Hadrian has died the new emperor Antoninus Pius needs a victory as the incoming emperor. "
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2016
From internal evidence in his works it may be gathered that he flourished in the reigns of the emperors Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius and Commodus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
He flourished probably towards the close of the 1st century A.D., or perhaps during the reign of Antoninus Pius.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
At a later period the same house was the favourite residence of Antoninus Pius.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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