Rome 161-169 CE
AR Denarius 18mm, 2,78g
130 CE
December 15
December 15
Birth of Lucius Verus to Lucius Aelius and Avidia.
138 CE
February 25
February 25
Faustina the Younger is engaged to Lucius Verus. This is later ended by her father Antoninus Pius when Hadrian changes his succession plans.
161 CE
March 7
March 7
Antoninus Pius dies of illness at the age of 74 at his villa in Lorium, near Rome. He had reigned for 23 years, one of the longest and most stable reigns of any Roman emperor. He is succeeded jointly by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. Faustina the Younger becomes Empress.