Lucius Verus
Joint Roman Emperor with Marcus Aurelius (161-169) · Italy · Politicians · Lived 130 to 169 · aged 38
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Something wrong?The first Roman emperor to rule jointly from the start, sharing power with Marcus Aurelius in a precedent that would reshape imperial succession. Spent most of his reign directing a war with Parthia from the field, then died suddenly during the Marcomannic campaigns.
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Bust of Antoninus Pius, Glyptothek, Munich
Aureus of Lucius marked: L. VERVS AVG. ARMENIACVS
Bust of Lucius as a young man, in the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Head of Lucius Verus on an older statue from 50 to 75 AD, in military garb and wearing a muscle cuirass, Farnese Collection, Naples
Colossal head of Lucius Verus (mounted on a modern bust), from a villa belonging to him in Acqua Traversa near Rome, between 180 and 183 AD, Louvre Museum, Paris
Busts of the co-emperors Marcus Aurelius (left) and Lucius Verus (right), British MuseumFamily
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Born 15 December 130 as the eldest son of Hadrian's first chosen heir, Lucius Aelius Caesar. When his father died in 138, both he and the new heir Antoninus Pius were adopted by Hadrian in a dynastic shuffle that positioned two generations at once. Antoninus ruled for twenty-three years; when he died in 161, Marcus Aurelius took the throne and immediately elevated Lucius to co-emperor - the first time Rome had two Augusti from day one. Lucius commanded the eastern front during the Parthian War, which ended in Roman victory and territorial expansion. He fell ill during the early Marcomannic Wars and died in early 169. The Senate deified him as Divus Verus.
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