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Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented pol

Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire

Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire

Key People

Antoninus Pius

Roman emperor from 138 to 161

Roman emperor from 138 to 161

Marcus Aurelius

Roman emperor from 161 to 180

Roman emperor from 161 to 180

Lucius Verus

Roman emperor from 161 to 169

Roman emperor from 161 to 169

Events Before

  1. BC Roman consuls begin their year in office

    BC Roman consuls begin their year in office

Events After

  1. BC Judas Maccabeus recaptures Jerusalem and rededicates the Second Temple during the Maccabean Revolt, commemorated sinc

    BC Judas Maccabeus recaptures Jerusalem and rededicates the Second Temple during the Maccabean Revolt, commemorated since as the Jewish festival of Hanukkah

  2. BC Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus, ending the Third Ma

    BC Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus, ending the Third Macedonian War

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Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire
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Key figures include Antoninus Pius (Roman emperor from 138 to 161), Marcus Aurelius (Roman emperor from 161 to 180), Lucius Verus (Roman emperor from 161 to 169).

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