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Emperor Lucius Aurelius Verus at the Archaeological Museum of Venice
“Emperor Lucius Aurelius Verus”
Sculpture – Marble (Height 67 cm) 166 ADLucius Aurelius Verus (130–169), like Marcus Aurelius, was adopted by Antoninus Pius at the request of Emperor Hadrian.
They both became co-emperors in 161, upon the death of Antoninus Pius.
Lucius Aurelius Verus Lucius Aurelius was more interested in a life of ease than in the exercise of power, yet he carried out his duties competently.
He married Marcus Aurelius’s daughter, Annia Lucilla, to whom he had been betrothed since the age of 12.
His reign alongside Marcus Aurelius was one of tolerance regarding freedom of expression in the Roman Empire.
At the start of their joint reign, as Marcus Aurelius was more interested in philosophy than in power, it was Lucius Verus who was most involved in the conflicts threatening Rome; his military campaigns were crowned with success.
Although Marcus Aurelius did not approve of his co-emperor’s dissolute lifestyle, he nevertheless supported Lucius Verus until his death, which was caused by smallpox or the plague, which he is thought to have contracted in Venetia, near Aquileia.
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