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Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: 7 March 161 – 17 March 180 (19 years and 10 days) Son-in-law and adopted son of Antoninus Pius. Until 169 reigned jointly with his adoptive brother, Lucius Verus, the first time multiple emperors shared power. Since 177 reigned jointly with his son Commodus: 26 April 121 – 17 March 180 (aged 58)
This is a family tree of Roman emperors, ... Marcus Aurelius 121–180 r. 161–180: Faustina the Younger 125–175: Commodus 161–192 r. 180–192: Lucilla 148–182:
Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus was born on 31 August AD 161 in Lanuvium, near Rome. [6] He was the son of the reigning emperor, Marcus Aurelius, and Aurelius' first cousin, Faustina the Younger, the youngest daughter of Emperor Antoninus Pius, who had died only a few months before.
He adhered strictly to Roman traditions and institutions, and shared his power with the Roman Senate. Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus succeeded Antoninus Pius in 161 upon that emperor's death, and co-ruled until Verus' death in 169. Marcus continued the Antonine legacy after Verus' death as an unpretentious and gifted administrator and leader.
The major sources depicting the life and rule of Marcus Aurelius are patchy and frequently unreliable. The most important group of sources, the biographies contained in the Historia Augusta, claimed to be written by a group of authors at the turn of the 4th century AD, but it is believed they were in fact written by a single author (referred to here as 'the biographer') from about 395. [4]
Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander [1] (1 October 208 – March 235), also known as Alexander Severus, [2] was Roman emperor from 222 until 235. The last emperor from the Severan dynasty , he succeeded his slain cousin Elagabalus in 222, at the age of 13.
Around 287, after Maximian's appointment as Augustus, the two rulers' relationship was re-defined in religious terms, with Diocletian assuming the title Iovius and Maximian Herculius. [33] The titles were pregnant with symbolism: Diocletian- Jove had the dominant role of planning and commanding; Maximian- Hercules the heroic role of completing ...
His "dynasty", the Antonine, continued the adoptive system until the reign of Marcus Aurelius (r. 161–180). Marcus was the first emperor to rule alongside other emperors, first with his adoptive brother Lucius Verus, who succeeded jointly with him, and later with his son Commodus, who was proclaimed co-augustus in 177. [39] [d]