There is more to this argument, given that the Parthians in the East were themselves soon to make no small amount of mischief after Antoninus ' passing.

Kornemann's brief is that Antoninus might have waged preventive wars to head off these outsiders.

The Dialogue is a later work than the First Apology ; the date of composition of the latter, from the fact that it was addressed to Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, and Lucius Verus his adopted sons, must fall between 147 and 161.

Nothing is known of him or of the date at which he lived ; the times of Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, the beginning of the 3rd century, and the age of Diocletian and Constantine have all been suggested.

Antoninus Liberalis is not alone in hinting that Leto came down from the land of the Hyperboreans in the guise of a she-wolf, or that she sought out the " wolf-country " of Lycia, formerly called Tremilis, which she renamed to honour wolves that had befriended her for her denning.

* The Tomb of Hadrian in Rome is completed, emperor Antoninus Pius cremates the body of Hadrian and placed his ashes together with that of his wife Vibia Sabina and his adopted son, Lucius Aelius in the mausoleum.

* The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina is constructed in Rome, the temple is dedicated to Faustina the Elder.

* Lucius Septimius Bassianus ( Caracalla ), age 7, changed his name to Marcus Aurelius Antoninus to solidify connections with the family of Marcus Aurelius and is given the title Caesar.

* March 7 – Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by Marcus Aurelius who shares imperial power with Lucius Verus, although Marcus retains the title Pontifex Maximus.

There is no reference of the Sudarium for the first several hundred years after the Crucifixion of Jesus, until its mention in 570 in an account by Antoninus of Piacenza, who writes that the Sudarium is being cared for in a cave near the monastery of Saint Mark, in the vicinity of Jerusalem.

Outside the town, in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, there is the amphitheatre, built in the time of Augustus, restored by Hadrian and dedicated by Antoninus Pius, as the inscription over the main entrance recorded.

According to a later tradition preserved in Antoninus Liberalis, Aëdon is instead the wife of Polytechnos, an artist of Colophon.

The precise date of his birth, as of his death, is unknown ; but from the names of his teachers and companions, he must have lived under Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius.

A similar tale is told by Antoninus Liberalis, although he names the maiden Arsinoe, and her lover Arceophon.

In the Metamorphoses by Antoninus Liberalis, written somewhere in the 2nd or 3rd century A. D., the myth is set in Phoenicia, near Mount Lebanon.

Yet another Cycnus was a son of Apollo by Hyrie or Thyrie, daughter of Amphinomus ; the story concerning him is recorded by Antoninus Liberalis.

Antoninus Liberalis again portrays Byblis as overcome with unanswered love for her brother ; after Caunus leaves, she rejects the proposals of numerous suitors and attempts to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff, but is saved by Hamadryads, who cause her to fall asleep and transform her into a fellow nymph.

The cult statue was brought to Rome by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, who before his accession was the hereditary high priest at Emesa and is commonly called Elagabalus after the deity.

He stopped in Ephesus, where he is attested at the estate of the local aristocrat Vedius Antoninus, and made an unexpected stopover at Erythrae.

To the south of the town is the imperial Villa of Villa Magna built by Antoninus Pius, still called Villamagna, where a consortium comprising the University of Pennsylvania, the British School at Rome and the Soprintendenza ai Beni Archeologici del Lazio initiated its first campaign of excavation in 2006.

No actual lance is known until the pilgrim Antoninus of Piacenza ( AD 570 ), describing the holy places of Jerusalem, says that he saw in the Basilica of Mount Zion " the crown of thorns with which Our Lord was crowned and the lance with which He was struck in the side ".

In 166 CE the first Roman envoy ( s ) sent by " the king of Da Qin Roman Empire, Andun ( Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, r. 161-180 CE )", reached Luoyang after arriving by sea in Rinan Commandery in what is now central Vietnam.

Nevertheless, Antoninus was virtually unique among emperors in that he dealt with these crises without leaving Italy once during his reign, but instead dealt with provincial matters of war and peace through their governors or through imperial letters to the cities such as Ephesus ( of which some were publicly displayed ).

Aeternitas was among the many virtues depicted on coinage issued under Vespasian, Titus, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Septimius Severus.

The name was given to it because an ancient Roman document called the Historia Augusta ( of generally low reliability ) refers to silver coins named after an Antoninus on several occasions ( several Roman emperors in the late second and early third centuries bore this name among others ).

Antoninus Pius (; born 19 September 86AD – died 7 March 161AD ), also known as Antoninus, was Roman Emperor from 138AD to 161AD.

The Roman Empire during the reign of Antoninus Pius.

The temple of Antoninus and Faustina the Elder | Faustina in the Roman forum ( now the church of San Lorenzo in Miranda ).

While this increased Antoninus ’ s popularity, the frugal emperor had to debase the Roman currency.

Although only one of his four children survived to adulthood, Antoninus came to be ancestor to generations of prominent Roman statesmen and socialites, including at least one empress consort.

The family of Antoninus Pius and Faustina the Elder also represents one of the few periods in ancient Roman history where the position of Emperor passed smoothly from father to son.

His full nomenclature shows that his grandfather or other ancestor was probably given Roman citizenship by the emperor Antoninus Pius, while proconsul of Asia.

Roman Temple of Artemis in Jerash, Jordan, built during the reign of Antoninus Pius.

Thus, most knowledge of Roman Britain has derived from archaeological investigations, and the epigraphic evidence lauding the Britannic achievements of an Emperor of Rome, such as Hadrian ( r. 117 – 38 ) and Antoninus Pius ( r. 138 – 61 ), whose walls demarcated the northern borders of Roman Britain.

# The First Apology addressed to Antoninus Pius, his sons, and the Roman Senate ;

This wealth was shown by the many monuments that were particularly imposing considering the relatively small size of the urban area: the forum, laid out in two terraces on both sides of the main road, was constructed in several phases between the reigns of Claudius and Antoninus Pius, and the theatre was enlarged and expanded in order to hold Roman games.

* 86 – Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor ( d. 161 )

Some trading settlements show evidences of Roman trade: a Roman gold coin showing Roman emperor Antoninus Pius ( 161 AD ) has been found in southern Thailand.

* Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus and Quintus Haterius Antoninus become Roman consuls.

* September 19 – Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor ( 138 – 161 )

* Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor ( 138 – 161 )

* Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor ( 138 – 161 )

* Antoninus Pius succeeds Hadrian as Roman Emperor and asks the Senate to confer divine honors for Hadrian.

* The silver content of the Roman denarius falls to 75 percent under emperor Antoninus Pius, down from 87 percent under the reign of Hadrian.

* Antoninus Augustus Pius and Caius Bruttius Praesens become Roman Consuls.