Antoninus Pius. Early life[edit] Childhood and family[edit] He was born as the only child of Titus Aurelius Fulvus, consul in 89[3] whose family came from Nemausus (modern Nîmes).[6] He was born near Lanuvium[7] and his mother was Arria Fadilla. Antoninus’ father and paternal grandfather died when he was young and he was raised by Gnaeus Arrius Antoninus,[3] his maternal grandfather, reputed by contemporaries to be a man of integrity and culture and a friend of Pliny the Younger. His mother married Publius Julius Lupus (a man of consular rank) suffect consul in 98, and two daughters, Arria Lupula and Julia Fadilla, were born from that union.[8] Marriage and children[edit] Some time between 110 and 115, he married Annia Galeria Faustina the Elder.[1] They are believed to have enjoyed a happy marriage. Faustina bore Antoninus four children, two sons and two daughters.[9] They were: Favor with Hadrian[edit] Emperor[edit] Antoninus Pius The Roman Empire during the reign of Antoninus Pius.
Legal reforms[edit] Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius. Definition: Antoninus Pius Profile | Antoninus Pius Basics Dates: September 19, 86 - March 7, 161Birthplace: Lanuvium, ItalyFather(s): Titus Aurelius Fulvus [birth]; Emperor Hadrian [adoptive]Mother: Arria FadillaWife: "Augusta" Annia Galeria Faustina, daughter of M. Annius VerusOccupation: Emperor (138-161)Full Name: Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus [original]; Titus Aelius Caesar Antoninus [after adoption]; Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius [as emperor] Antoninus Pius reigned as Roman Emperor from A.D. 138-161. He was born T. Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus on September 19, A.D. 86 at Lanuvium. When Hadrian died, Antoninus demonstrated such piety that he earned the name "pius. " When Antoninus Pius died in 161, the Senate deified him. DIR Roman Emperors lists the following ancient sources on Antoninus Pius:
Antoninus Pius (Roman emperor. Antoninus Pius. Early life Childhood and family He was the son and only child of Titus Aurelius Fulvus, consul in 89[2] whose family came from Nemausus (modern Nîmes).[5] He was born near Lanuvium[6] and his mother was Arria Fadilla. Antoninus’ father and paternal grandfather died when he was young and he was raised by Gnaeus Arrius Antoninus,[2] his maternal grandfather, reputed by contemporaries to be a man of integrity and culture and a friend of Pliny the Younger. His mother married to Publius Julius Lupus (a man of consular rank) suffect consul in 98, and bore him two daughters Arria Lupula and Julia Fadilla.[7] Full article ▸
Historia Augusta • Life of Antoninus Pius. (Vol. I) Historia Augusta p111 5 1 His procurators were ordered to levy only a reasonable tribute, and those who exceeded a proper limit were commanded to render an account of their acts, nor was he ever pleased with any revenues that were onerous to the provinces. 2 Moreover, he was always willing to hear complaints against his procurators. p119 8 1.
Roman Emperors - DIR Anastasius. Antoninus Pius. Antoninus, Capitoline Museums, Rome Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionus Arrius Antoninus was born on 19 September AD 86 at Lanuvium (ca. 20 miles south of Rome). His family had long before come from the city of Nemausus (Nïmes) in southern Gaul, but for a long time since they had been a prominent and distinguished family at Rome. Antoninus' father, Titus Aurelius Fulvus, had held the office of consul once in AD 89, his grandfather had even held it twice.
As a boy Antoninus grew up at the family estate at Lorium in southern Etruria, roughly 10 miles to the west of Rome. He was raised first by his paternal grandfather, as his father died when he was still young. On the death of this grandfather, the maternal grandfather took charge of him. Inheriting the walth of both his grandfathers made Antoninus one of the richest men in Rome. Despite his consulship and remarkable conduct as governor of Asia, Antoninus' experience of government was fairly limited. Antoninus had no surviving sons.
The Life of Antoninus Pius. Riley Collection: Roman Emperors: Antoninus Pius. Column of Antoninus Pius. The base today This article deals with the lost column dedicated to Antoninus Pius. For the column previously erroneously called this before the Renaissance, see Column of Marcus Aurelius, and specifically Column of Marcus Aurelius#Restoration The Column of Antoninus Pius (Italian: Colonna di Antonino Pio) is a Roman honorific column in Rome, Italy, devoted in 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. History[edit] Construction[edit] Coin showing the column with surmounting statue of Antoninus. The column itself was 14.75 metres high and 1.90m in diameter and was constructed of red granite, with no decorating reliefs as on the otherwise similar columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius.
Rediscovery[edit] Previous to the 18th century the base was completely buried, but the lower part of the shaft projected about 6m above the ground. Sources[edit] Portrait of the emperor Antoninus Pius [Roman] (33.11.3) Bronze as of Antoninus Pius, showing Britannia. Rome, mid-2nd century AD Rule Britannia? Britannia, the This bronze as, dated to AD 155, was common in Britain but rare in other parts of the Roman Empire. It may well have formed part of a special shipment of coin to the island. If so, the subject of Britannia was well-chosen for this issue. The image on this coin has long fascinated scholars.
Some argue that the figure of Britannia is in mourning because she holds her hand to her forehead - a gesture in classical art usually taken to indicate sorrow. It could also be argued that the coin shows Britannia in a state of relaxed peace, perhaps in the act of drawing up the hood of her cloak (the hooded cloak was a typical Romano-British garment known as the birrus Britannicus). N. D.R. R.
Lollius Urbicus.