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Arch of Antoninus Pius in Sbeïtla, Tunisia. Statue of Antoninus Pius, Palazzo Altemps, Rome. The only intact account of his life handed down to us is that of the Augustan History, an unreliable and mostly fabricated work. Nevertheless, it still contains information that is considered reasonably sound; for instance, it is the only source that ...
REX QVADIS DATVS, Antoninus Pius standing left, gives a diadem to the king of the Quadi facing him on the right;S C in exergue. 33 mm, 24.36 gr, 12 h, coined in 143 The Historia Augusta relates what the relations Antoninus Pius had with the many "client" kingdoms of the period were like:
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The Column of Antoninus Pius (Italian: Colonna di Antonino Pio) is a Roman honorific column in Rome, Italy, devoted in AD 161 to the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius, in the Campus Martius, on the edge of the hill now known as Monte Citorio, and set up by his successors, the co-emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.
[2] [3] [4] Antoninus Pius never visited Britain, unlike his predecessor Hadrian. Pressure from the Caledonians probably led Antoninus to send the empire's troops further north. The Antonine Wall was protected by 16 forts with small fortlets between them; troop movement was facilitated by a road linking all the sites known as the Military Way .
English: Antoninus Pius, with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. AD 138-161. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.44 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 139. Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius right, slight drapery / Bare head of Marcus Aurelius left. RIC III 412a var. (no slight drapery); RSC 3 var. (same). VF. Rare with slight drapery. First numismatic portrait of Marcus ...
In Great Britain both Hadrian and Antoninus Pius built defences to protect the province of Britannia from the Caledonians. Hadrian's Wall, constructed in 122 held a garrison of 50,000 soldiers, while the Antonine Wall, constructed between 142 and 144, was abandoned by 164 and briefly reoccupied in 208, under the reign of Septimius Severus.
Overlapping him, Antoninus Pius stands as a prideful, mature man, bearded, as his father, Hadrian, was known to be. To the right of Antoninus Pius stands Lucius Verus. To his right, we see Hadrian, who cloaks the image of a young woman, Faustina the Younger. She is the daughter of Antoninus Pius and the future wife of Marcus Aurelius. [2]