Lucius Verus

Full name
	Lucius Ceionius Commodus ; (from birth to adoption); ; Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus (from adoption to accession); ; Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus (as emperor)

Lucius Verus
Lucius Verus
Emperor of the Roman Empire
	Bust of Lucius Verus
Reign	8 March 161 - 169 ; (with Marcus Aurelius)
Predecessor	Antoninus Pius
Successor	Marcus Aurelius (alone)
Born	15 December 130
Died	169 (aged 39); Rome
Burial	Hadrian's Mausoleum
Wife	Lucilla;
Issue	daughter Aurelia Lucilla, son Lucius Verus and daughter Plautia, all died young
Full name
Full name
	Lucius Ceionius Commodus ; (from birth to adoption); ; Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus (from adoption to accession); ; Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus (as emperor)
Dynasty	Antonine
Father	Lucius Aelius (natural); Antoninus Pius (adoptive, from February 138)
Mother	Avidia Plautia

Lucius Verus (Lucius Ceionius Commodus, 15 December 130 – 169) was Roman co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius (121–180), from 161 until his death. In practice, he was the junior partner of the great Marcus Aurelius.^[1]^[2]

↑ Birley, Anthony R. 1987 [1966]. Marcus Aurelius: a biography. rev ed, Routledge, London. ISBN 0-415-17125-3
↑ Birley, Anthony R. 2000. "Hadrian to the Antonines". In The Cambridge Ancient History Volume XI: The High Empire, A.D. 70–192, edited by Alan Bowman, Peter Garnsey, and Dominic Rathbone, 132–94. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-26335-1

[MA-1] Birley, Anthony R. 1987 [1966]. Marcus Aurelius: a biography. rev ed, Routledge, London. ISBN 0-415-17125-3

[Hadrian-2] Birley, Anthony R. 2000. "Hadrian to the Antonines". In The Cambridge Ancient History Volume XI: The High Empire, A.D. 70–192, edited by Alan Bowman, Peter Garnsey, and Dominic Rathbone, 132–94. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-26335-1

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