110-115: Antonius marries THIS WOMAN, renowned for beauty and wisdom, she dedicated her life to caring for the poor; their marriage was a happy one, and they had two sons and two daughters.
Three of their children died in their 20s, but THIS DAUGHTER married her maternal cousin, the future Emperor Marcus Aurelius, after Antoninus requests of him that he break his previous engagement to marry his daughter.
120: Having filled the offices of quaestor and praetor with more than usual success, Antoninus was appointed to THIS HIGH OFFICE; he then served as one of the four proconsuls of Italia.
134-135: Antoninus obtained even greater notoriety as proconsul of THIS EASTERN province.
138: THIS EMPEROR and his predecessor adopts Antoninus, who in turn adopts Marcus Annius Verus and Lucius Verus, his successors; Antoninus takes over for the ill emperor, and becomes emperor upon his death within months.
Antoninus' name as emperor.
Antoninus gained THIS TITLE for three possible reasons: He persuaded a reluctant senate to deify Hadrian, he would support his aged father-in-law with his hand at Senate meetings, and he saved men that Hadrian during his period of ill-health had condemned to death.
Antoninus initially refused THIS CUSTOMARY TITLE, but relented, accepting it with thanks.
He did, however, remain resolute that THE NAME OF THESE not be changed to honor him and his wife.
Antoninus personally never participated in ANY ONE OF THESE, and his reign was the most peaceful in the entire history of the Principate, with only a few minor disturbances; he did, however, make use of a threat of force to forestall problems.
139: In his only act of agression, Antoninus had the governor of Britain, Quintus Lollius Urbicus invade southern Scotland; THIS WAS BUILT, but decommissioned in the mid-150s and abandoned in the early 160s for reasons unknown.
Antoninus was praised for never leaving THIS COUNTRY, delegating all matters to governors of provinces and imperial letters; he said he was concerned for the costs the cities would incur to receive him.
In spite of an extensive building program, and suspending THESE from cities affected by disasters, Antoninus left behind a sizable public treasury, in part because he lived frugally.
140-144: In a retreat from the previous emperors' cosmopolitism, Antoninus ISSUED THESE, with images of traditional Roman heroes and gods.
Antoninus' daughter, Marcus' wife, is NAMED THIS in place of her deceased mother.
148: An avid observer of rites of religion and of formal celebrations, he presided over the celebration of the 900th anniversary of the founding of THIS CITY.
Antoninus favored the putative freedman when the claim to freedom was not clearcut, forcibly transferred slaves from masters who mistreated them, punished the killing of a slave without a trial, and mitigated the use of THIS INTERROGATION TECHNIQUE for slaves.
Antoninus also introduced the principle that accused persons should not be treated as guilty before THIS.
The emperor also asserted the principle that the trial should be held, and the punishment inflicted, HERE.
However, he did allow the use of torture in THESE INSTANCES, while up to then it had only been applied in criminal cases.
His imperial legislation and legal decisions are often quoted in this 6th-century Emperors Digest.
According to the Talmud, THIS PERSON had a close relationship with an 'Antoninus' who would consult with him on both worldly and spiritual matters; most scholars see the emperor as the most likely subject of the passage.
156: Antonius now 70 years old, becomes weak, his heir Marcus takes on more administrative duties, and is even given THIS OFFICE, which was as much secretarial as military.
Bent with old age, Antoninus WORE THIS, made of splints of lime wood to help him walk erect; he felt Romans should have an emperor who walked upright.
160: With the emperor still ill, both of his heirs, Marcus and Lucius were designated AS THIS for the following year, though the emperor would die before the year was out.
161: The tribune of the night-watch came to Antoninus, asking him for the password; Antoninus uttered THIS HIS LAST WORD meaning equanimity, turned over and died.
Antoninus' reign was the longest since THIS EMPEROR.
Marcus and Lucius nominate their father for THIS, and the Senate did not oppose their wish.
Antoninus Pius' remains were LAID TO REST HERE, a column was dedicated to him on the Campus Martius, and the temple he had built to his wife was rededicated to both him and his wife; the latter survives as the church of San Lorenzo in Miranda.
Antoninus is unique among Roman emperors in that only THIS BIOGRAPHY, an often unreliable work replete with fabrications among kernals of genuine information, survives to tell us about his reign; historians supplement it with public records.
Marcus said of him: 'Remember his qualities, so that when your last hour comes your ____.'
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