Official Name: IMPERATOR CAESAR TITUS AELIUS HADRIANUS ANTONINUS AUGUSTUS PIUS
Birthdate: September 19, 86 CE.
(Historia Augusta, Life of Antoninus, 1)
Birthplace: Lanuvium, Italy.
(Historia Augusta, Life of Antoninus, 1)
Reign: Antoninus Pius was named emperor in the will of his predecessor, Hadrian. He became emperor on July 11, 138 CE.
(Historia Augusta, Life of Antoninus, 4-5)
Marriages: Antoninus Pius was married to Faustina the Elder for nearly 30 years. The two were devoted to each other and were extremely close. After Faustina’s death in 140 CE, Antoninus Pius minted coins, erected statues, and built a temple in her honor. He also established a charity in her name that cared for orphaned girls.
(Historia Augusta, Life of Antoninus, 5.2, 6.7, 8.2)
Children: Faustina the Elder and Antoninus Pius had four children together. Only one, Faustina the Younger, survived till adulthood.
Marcus Aurelius Fulvius Antoninus (son by Faustina)
Marcus Galerius Aurelius Antoninus (son by Faustina)
Aurelia Fadilla (daughter by Faustina)
Faustina the Younger (daughter by Faustina)
(Historia Augusta, Life of Antoninus Pius, 10.2) (Inscriptions on the Mausoleum of Hadrian)
Death: Antoninus Pius died of natural causes in the city of Lorium, Italy. He died on March 7, 161 CE.
(Historia Augusta, Life of Antoninus, 12)
Bust of Antoninus Pius, British Museum, London, March 2022
Statue of Antoninus Pius, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome, December 2018.
Colossal Head of Antoninus Pius, Galleria Borghese, Rome, September 2022.
142
(Historia Augusta, Life of Antoninus, 5)
161
(Historia Augusta, Life of Antoninus, 9)
161
(Historia Augusta, Life of Antoninus, 12)
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